Re: [9front] pstree binary not removed after being reimplemented in awk

[Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com>]

On Sat, 16 Nov 2024 at 17:48, <qwx@sciops.net> wrote:
>
> On Sat Nov 16 16:33:50 +0100 2024, alexander.kapshuk@gmail.com wrote:
> > Commit 493bac79b63f1949a29aeec8270fab4a599a6ee3, pstree: reimplement
> > in awk, optionally restrict to a given process, has removed the C
> > source file, but not the binary.
> >
> > cpu% file /bin/pstree
> > /bin/pstree: amd64 plan 9 executable
> >
> > Is that intentional?
>
> The binaries are not tracked in the git repo, and there currently is no
> mechanism in place to remove binaries replaced by scripts -- so in
> that sense, yes, this is expected.  The laziest way would be `rm
> /*/bin/pstree; bind -ac /dist/plan9front /; git/revert /rc/bin/pstree`
> or something like that.  Sorry for the inconvenience, though this does
> not happen often.
>
> Cheers,
> qwx

Thanks for a prompt reply.
No inconvenience caused whatsoever.

With the old binary out of the way, it's the awk version that is
reported by the file command:
cpu% file /bin/pstree
/bin/pstree: rc executable file