Rewrite cvsup & portupgrade in C

[Steve Kargl]

On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 11:45:23PM -0500, Kirk Strauser wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 July 2004 11:32 pm, Steve Kargl wrote:
> 
> > The discussion is about integrating an cvsup knock-off into the base
> > system.  Can you say bloat?  Can you say bugs?
> 
> I guess I just don't see it that way.  cvsup is so absolutely necessary for 
> system maintenance that it seems like a logical addition.  I would imagine 
> that a client-only version in C would be much more heavily developed than the 
> current ezm3 version.  In turn, this should reduce bugs and the eliminate 
> the need to install what is effectively a single-program language.

John previously has posted about his decision to use modulo-3.  He
chose the best language for the problem he was trying to solve.

> >> For example, OpenBSD doesn't have an m3 port for non-x86 platforms 
> 
> > So, let Theo write a m3 port.
> 
> I wish he would, because it would probably be more portable then the current 
> system, which would allow more people to use it, which would turn more 
> developer eyes toward it, which would give us a better tool to use.  As it 
> stands, cvsup is "that weird thing that FreeBSD uses".

EZM3 appears to work on OpenBSD as well as other OSes.

http://www.polstra.com/projects/freeware/ezm3/

-- 
Steve