From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id j21NY5uS014496 for ; Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:34:05 GMT Received: from [62.254.189.226] (helo=snowdrop) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.42) id 1D6GsO-0007xk-Qv for gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:34:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop) by snowdrop with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D6Grx-0004ls-8b for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:33:37 +0000 Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 23:33:32 +0000 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@robin.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] sys-apps is too big Message-ID: <20050301233332.0977225e@snowdrop> In-Reply-To: <4224F8E1.8030407@longlandclan.hopto.org> References: <20050223190035.618a8aab@snowdrop> <20050227202307.3d6470b7@snowdrop> <20050301012151.GA19328@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> <20050301082014.5db712e5@snowdrop> <42244681.9000808@longlandclan.hopto.org> <20050301153738.23dfd833@snowdrop> <4224F8E1.8030407@longlandclan.hopto.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.1 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary=Signature_Tue__1_Mar_2005_23_33_32_+0000_f46xDuAIwU88+T5Q; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 X-Archives-Salt: 0c64f002-a27d-4675-84b6-b8729e88be6e X-Archives-Hash: 881bd3b789cf787598bfd9b7bf55b3bd --Signature_Tue__1_Mar_2005_23_33_32_+0000_f46xDuAIwU88+T5Q Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 09:21:05 +1000 Stuart Longland wrote: | Yes... but in the "core utility role" what does sed and ed do? Edit | files & streams. They are scripted editors -- and should be | recognised as such. Actually, ed is used by patch and sed is used to extract patterns from other commands' output. So, I'd say their primary use is core system rather than editing. I mean, if you go by what *can* be done, coreutils would end up in app-editors too. --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Fluxbox, shell tools) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature_Tue__1_Mar_2005_23_33_32_+0000_f46xDuAIwU88+T5Q Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFCJPvQ96zL6DUtXhERAq2jAKCsq1PNM0/0phseRAdvuVHrFDJ/WwCfcQwE QzOIgDL5gZg9xp1129WBKQQ= =sZwC -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Tue__1_Mar_2005_23_33_32_+0000_f46xDuAIwU88+T5Q-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list