RE: Question about adding a tiny tool into GNU coreutils (original) (raw)

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From: Voelker, Bernhard
Subject: RE: Question about adding a tiny tool into GNU coreutils
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 10:38:49 +0100

Jim Meyering wrote:

Daniel Borkmann wrote: > I think it would rather fit into the coreutils than having it's own > distribution package. What do you think? (Source attached) ... Thanks for the suggestion, but it seems better to do that with some shell and perl:

regardless if it's written in C, shell+perl or any other language, it's still the same question IMHO: should it go into coreutils?

+1 from me (for the C alternative, no deps to shell/perl etc.).

Have a nice day, Berny