Re: patches from FreeBSD port

[Tom McLaughlin <tmclaugh sdf lonestar org>]

On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 17:57 -0500, Larry Ewing wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-04-25 at 20:55 +0200, Thomas Van Machelen wrote:
> > On Sun, 2006-04-23 at 20:31 -0400, Tom McLaughlin wrote:
> > > Hi, I have 4 patches that have been sitting in the FreeBSD ports tree
> > > that I'd like to get merged into f-spot.  All four are located here:
> > > 
> > > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/ports/graphics/f-spot/files/
> > > 
> > > patch-src_main.cs is simple, it adds an exception for OSes which lack
> > > prctl().
> > > 
> > 
> > Hi Tom,
> > 
> > Four patches, I count five ;-)
> > 
> > > 
> > > Do these patches cause any problems on Linux?
> > > 
> > 
> > I tested all of them and they don't seem to pose any problems on Linux.
> > In attachment you can find a patch that takes together all five patches
> > and works against current cvs head.
> > 
> > Could some more people check this out, just to make sure. ;-)
> > 
> 
> I've committed all but the exec -a patch.  I'll happily accept a change
> that works for freebsd but keeps the feature for bash for that one.
> 
> --Larry

No problem Larry, I actually committed the exec patch as a late addition
after I wrote my email.  Something like that patch I'd expect to keep
around.  The -a switch to exec is a bashism.  Thanks a bunch.

Tom