port of fmt?

[Florenz Kley]

hi David,

On Oct 11, 2007, at 09:41, David Epstein wrote:
> Gnu's version of fmt contains a feature that I need, and which is  
> not available from /usr/bin/fmt.
> I tried port search fmt and got no relevant hits.
>
> Is this available under MacPorts? If not how could I request it for  
> the future?

it's in the "coreutils" package. Install it, and you will find the  
GNU tools prefixed with "g" (to prevent name clashes), such as:

fl at birch:~$ /opt/local/bin/gfmt --version
fmt (GNU coreutils) 6.9
Copyright (C) 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software.  You may redistribute copies of it under the  
terms of
the GNU General Public License <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Ross Paterson.

regards
Florenz