svn commit: r282318 - in head: . gnu/usr.bin/groff/src/preproc tools/build/mk usr.bin usr.bin/soelim usr.bin/soeliminate

[Steve Kargl]

On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 10:42:11PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 01:30:27PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 08:08:26PM +0000, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> > > Author: bapt
> > > Date: Fri May  1 20:08:25 2015
> > > New Revision: 282318
> > > URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/282318
> > > 
> > > Log:
> > >   Replace groff's soelim by soeliminate(1) renamed soelim(1)
> > > 
> > 
> > Given that soeliminate(1) does not implement 4 of the 5
> > options available to soelim, how are these utilities at
> > all compatiablity?
> > 
> > src/UPDATING?
> 
> I have not been able to find a single usage of soelim(1) that uses any of the
> other options than the one I did implement in soeliminate otherwise I would have
> implemented them.

Your presuming that no user uses one or more of these options
in their own projects.

> UPDATING is not for when a user operation is needed while updating? here it
> should be transparent and I will implement all the missing bits if
> incompatibilities are really found.

UPDATING is for warning users that a gratuitious incompatible
change has been introduced into the functionality once offered
by the base system.

20150501:
   soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by 
   usr.bin/soeliminate, which has reduced functionality.  If you
   need a functional soelim(1), then install textproc/groff. 

-- 
Steve