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On 2022-10-07 17:25+0200 n952162 <n952162@×××.de> wrote: |
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> Am 07.10.22 um 16:56 schrieb Grant Taylor: |
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> > On 10/7/22 8:25 AM, n952162 wrote: |
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> >> Can anybody tell me how I can look at the official change history |
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> >> of linux commands? |
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> > Some man pages have history of commands in them. |
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> > Admittedly, it seems as if man pages on Solaris and *BSD (I have |
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> > access to FreeBSD) tend to be better than Linux man page at this |
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> > aspect. |
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> Well, the man page, yes, would be a good indicator, but the commands |
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> themselves? |
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> Where does gentoo get the source to build test(1) or expr(1) or |
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> date(1)? That's in some package, but where is the upstream source? |
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> Is it something in github? Or a linux portal? Or Torvalds private |
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> server? Or the gnu server? |
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/usr/bin/test[1] was installed by sys-apps/coreutils[2], it's homepage |
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is <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>[3], that links to the |
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source code repository. |
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Other ways to find out: |
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- `equery meta sys-apps/coreutils` |
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- `less $(portageq get_repo_path / gentoo)/sys-apps/coreutils/coreutils-8.32-r1.ebuild` |
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Kind regards, tastytea |
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[1] `whereis test` |
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[2] `qfile /usr/bin/test` or `equery belongs /usr/bin/test` |
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[3] `eix sys-apps/coreutils` or emerge -s sys-apps/coreutils` |