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OpenBSD's ports tree keeps GPL coreutils and rejects uutils (Rust rewrite)
A contributor proposed a new OpenBSD port for uutils, the Rust reimplementations of GNU coreutils. The proposal met firm resistance: Stuart Henderson called it unusable, explaining that GNU coreutils exists mainly to stabilize GNU-sensitive build environments.
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Originally published by Lobsters on Sep 30, 2026.
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