Re: Question about adding a tiny tool into GNU coreutils

[Daniel Borkmann]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> Voelker, Bernhard wrote:
>> Jim Meyering wrote:
>>> Daniel Borkmann wrote:
>>>> I think it would rather fit into the coreutils than having it's own
>>>> distribution package. What do you think? (Source attached)
>>> ...
>>> Thanks for the suggestion, but it seems better to
>>> do that with some shell and perl:
>> regardless if it's written in C, shell+perl or any other language,
>> it's still the same question IMHO: should it go into coreutils?
>>
>> +1 from me (for the C alternative, no deps to shell/perl etc.).
> 
> Sorry, but this is a developer tool

Despite of the language such a util is written in, I was
wondering if it's really only a developer tool? Aren't there enough
programs out there that do not ever print their errors correctly?
No question that this would be a bad style, but nevertheless, it
isn't rarely.

Regards,
Daniel

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