| From: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
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| To: | Patrick Welche <prlw1(at)newn(dot)cam(dot)ac(dot)uk> |
| Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: 7.2 items |
| Date: | 2001-05-14 20:36:30 |
| Message-ID: | Pine.LNX.4.30.0105142232580.757-100000@peter.localdomain |
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Patrick Welche writes:
> > > What's missing with it?
> >
> > * portability
> >
> > At first glance, uses strlcat and strlcpy. Didn't look further.
>
> As I said, I didn't change anything within the GNU make source to get it to
> work.
I am talking about the source of the thing (libintl) itself.
> > * dedication to portability
> >
> > Only plans to support *BSD.
>
> What does this imply?
It implies it won't easily work on non-BSD platforms, which makes it
unusable to many folks.
> > * source code availability
> >
> > Didn't find anything outside NetBSD CVS and the CVS rep where they got it
> > from.
> which I think counts as a postgresql compatible license? Is that what you
> meant?
No, I meant I can't find the source code anywhere in a polished form.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net http://funkturm.homeip.net/~peter
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