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 11:00:49PM +0200, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
> On Fri, May 01, 2015 at 01:58:15PM -0700, Steve Kargl wrote:
> > 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    soelim(1) from gnu/usr.bin/groff has been replaced by 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. 
> 
> soelim(1) has multiple implementations, the version from groff is just "special"
> by adding plenty of options, all other implementation out there have 0 options
> incluing the original soelim(1)
> 

All those other implementations of soelim(1) were not the one
offered by FreeBSD.

-- 
Steve