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The package-and-add-dependencies-idea is great, beats diving into Autoconf hands down :)

sr_
– sr_

2012-04-22 16:14:39 +00:00
Commented Apr 22, 2012 at 16:14
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great answer, i agree with everything. i'd add an extra caution step: take into account the extra specific options of the particular version of the command you're using...they might not work on all versions (this has happened in a project i worked in).

JoséNunoFerreira
– JoséNunoFerreira

2012-04-23 12:21:23 +00:00
Commented Apr 23, 2012 at 12:21
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I don't suppose there's a plaintext file with a list of these commands anywhere? pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/idx/utilities.html can relatively be easily be converted to that but is still missing a bunch of stuff.

Dylan Nicholson
– Dylan Nicholson

2018-12-17 01:39:27 +00:00
Commented Dec 17, 2018 at 1:39

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