Re: [PATCH] Replace mkproto.pl with mkproto.awk

2020-04-07 Thread Wayne Davison via rsync
Thanks for the patch! I've gone ahead and included it in the latest git since it should make a standard build a little simpler. I do note that for any patched builds where the yodl (.yo) doc files got changed that there is still a perl dependency when running the tweak_manpage script on the yodl2m

Re: [PATCH] Replace mkproto.pl with mkproto.awk

2019-11-16 Thread Heiko Schlittermann via rsync
Ethan Sommer (So 17 Nov 2019 10:08:16 CST): > > Me? I think, the rsync maintainers, or? > > I just added my 2 cents and would stick with .pl, it has proven to be > > stable :) (Yes, I'm a Perl user.) > Meant to direct that towards the rsync maintainers sorry. Are you > suggesting that something th

Re: [PATCH] Replace mkproto.pl with mkproto.awk

2019-11-16 Thread Ethan Sommer via rsync
> Me? I think, the rsync maintainers, or? > I just added my 2 cents and would stick with .pl, it has proven to be > stable :) (Yes, I'm a Perl user.) Meant to direct that towards the rsync maintainers sorry. Are you suggesting that something that works with all popular awk implementations and entir

Re: [PATCH] Replace mkproto.pl with mkproto.awk

2019-11-16 Thread Ethan Sommer via rsync
ping? -- Please use reply-all for most replies to avoid omitting the mailing list. To unsubscribe or change options: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/rsync Before posting, read: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

Re: [PATCH] Replace mkproto.pl with mkproto.awk

2019-10-31 Thread Ethan Sommer via rsync
> I can't speak for rsync, but nowadays Perl isn't that rare, that a > dependeny on it for build purpose would matter. IMHO. It might not be rare, but it's certainly less universally available than awk, which is preinstalled on pretty much every unix-like OS out there. > There are many flavours of

Re: [PATCH] Replace mkproto.pl with mkproto.awk

2019-10-31 Thread Heiko Schlittermann via rsync
Ethan Sommer via rsync (Do 31 Okt 2019 17:38:17 CET): > This replaces the build dependency on perl with one on awk which is > already used in the build system and is much more ubiquitous than perl I can't speak for rsync, but nowadays Perl isn't that rare, that a dependeny on it for build purpose