Thursday, May 02, 2019

Re: NEW: math/ebc

On Sat Apr 27, 2019 at 11:38:47PM -0400, Brian Callahan wrote:
>
>
> On 4/27/19 10:45 PM, Brian Callahan wrote:
> > Hi ports --
> >
> > (Shiny new email address.)
> >
> > Attached is a new port, math/ebc. ebc is another bc(1)/dc(1) calculator.
> >
> > ---
> > pkg/DESCR:
> > This is an implementation of the POSIX bc calculator that implements
> > GNU bc extensions, as well as the period (.) extension for the BSD
> > flavor of bc.
> >
> > This bc also includes an implementation of dc in the same binary,
> > accessible via a symbolic link, which implements all *BSD and GNU
> > extensions, though the ! command is omitted for security concerns.
> > ---
> >
> > Worked with upstream a bit to get this into import shape. We settled on
> > ebc/edc as the binary names since bc/dc are the names of the utilities
> > in base and gbc/gdc are the names of the GNU ones in ports. ebc/edc
> > follows similar conventions (ereadline, egcc, etc.).
> >
> > Works on at least amd64, macppc, and hppa, though I assume this will
> > work everywhere.
> >
> > OK?
> >
> > ~Brian
> >
>
> Apologies; I sent an old version of the port. This is the latest.
>
> ~Brian
>

OK rsadowski@

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