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From:
"Theo de Raadt" <deraadt@openbsd.org>
Subject:
Re: [NEW] sysutils/uutils
To:
David Uhden Collado <daviduhden@gmail.com>, ports@openbsd.org
Date:
Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:59:03 -0600

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  • Stuart Henderson:

    [NEW] sysutils/uutils

    • Theo de Raadt:

      [NEW] sysutils/uutils

  • Antoine Jacoutot:

    [NEW] sysutils/uutils

  • It seems the coreutils port exists mostly to assist with
    gnu-behaviour sensitive build environments to grease the wheels
    for various complicated ports during build
    
    Secondly, it seems there is little or no priority to make the
    coreutils good for users to use interactively on a regular basis,
    instead uses should lean towards using the consistant openbsd
    utilities at the standard paths.
    
    So:
    
    The build environment aspects of coreutils -> important
    
    users using coreutils directly -> irrelevant; no serious maintainance effort 
    
    I suspect the build environment aspect depends upon maximum stability
    provided by the slow-changing coreutils, because any behaviour change
    will make the ports developers waste time.
    
    ports team, do I have it right?
    
    If that's the situation, then any proposal to replace them is a complete
    non-starter and there's reason you aren't taken seriously.
    
    It looks like a few people have nicely told you to stop, so please do
    that.
    
    
  • Stuart Henderson:

    [NEW] sysutils/uutils

  • Antoine Jacoutot:

    [NEW] sysutils/uutils