Re: sysutils/bat

Ingo Schwarze <schwarze@usta.de> wrote:

> Theo de Raadt wrote on Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 09:12:58AM -0600:
> > Ian Darwin <ian@darwinsys.com> wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 04:47:46PM +0200, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
>
> >>>> Changes by: sthen@cvs.openbsd.org 2021/07/27 05:55:36
> >>>>
> >>>> Modified files:
> >>>> sysutils/bat : Makefile
> >>>>
> >>>> Log message:
> >>>> set sysutils/bat to ONLY_FOR_ARCHS=${LP64_ARCHS}, one of the 147
> >>>> dependencies (sys-info) has a 32 vs 64 bit issue when checking
> >>>> the number of CPUs online
>
> >>> Wait, a cat with 147 dependencies? Looks like it's a rabbit after all!
> >>> At least there can be no doubt that it inhabits a rabbit hole, doesn't it?
> >>>
> >>> Besides, isn't a program that stops working once your machine has
> >>> more than four billion CPUs utterly useless in the 31st century?
> >>>
> >>> If it didn't constantly trip up otherwise busy porters, this port
> >>> would be a really good laugh.
> >>>
> >>> *Looking at the calendar*
> >>> No, it's unlikely to be the Easter bunny.
> >>> We are not that close to Apil 1.
>
> >> And to think that Rob Pike once wrote a paper "cat -v considered harmful"
> >> since it added unnecessary functionality to cat, whose only job is
> >> to catenate files...
>
> > bat is my favorite rust program
> >
> > please continue maintaining it in ports,
> > i don't want the standup comedy to end
>
> I didn't mean to summon tedu@ regarding the port,
> quite to the contary, i might even contribute to it!
>
> https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/pull/1756

I won't use bat until it has an emacs mode.