> russ cox is doing a lot of work with porting different plan9 libs to > unix. he does not use ''configure''. would it be worth switching wily to > use russ's plan9 libs? i'm aware of those libs, but if there will be an internet wide 9libs distro containing those, it is best to coordinate with russ. i don't mind using the libs (as i indicated in the past) if for no other reason than using more robust, current versions, except the regexp library. wily/sam regexp library is a special rob pike version with a neat enhancement to do reverse matches; so far as i can tell no other regexp library in general use has this smart extension. oz