linux-kernel - Re: sed _s_gnu_alternatives_ (Re: [rft] (g)awk substitution)

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jan 2007 19:14:07 +0000
From:	Oleg Verych <olecom@...wer.upol.cz>
To:	Rob Landley <rob@...dley.net>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: sed _s_gnu_alternatives_ (Re: [rft] (g)awk substitution)

On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 01:03:32PM -0500, Rob Landley wrote:
> On Thursday 25 January 2007 4:40 am, Oleg Verych wrote:
> > > Your objection is a bit like saying "and don't use cat".  I'm saying don't 
> > > call cat "gcat" when you just mean plain old cat.
> > 
> > No it's not, really. I don't want to see pipes, fork()s, disk seek,
> > when task can be done without it. I know, what awk is, and i hope it
> > will have its better time.
> 
> *shrug*  Making the need for "gawk" go away was my goal, and gawk->awk was the 
> minimal change.  If you want more than that, I'm not objecting, just not 
> personally interested.

Yes making uclibc as a bit more work, than rename things ;D. And my
change is mainly from optimization point of view (say modern embedded ;)

> I believe "shift 5" is also SUSv3. :)

If you have tested, please send ack or nack to us.

Thanks.
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