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Add a new Meson array option, utils, to allow building only selected applets while keeping the default as all. Gate source inclusion, dependencies, symlink/manpage/script install steps, and test registration by enabled util set, and make applet dispatch in src/main.c compile-time conditional via generated config defines. Document selective build usage in README.
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VX
VX is a BSD-oriented multicall utility for Linux.
It bundles a growing set of FreeBSD-derived userland tools into a single vx binary, with applets selected by argv[0] or by subcommand.
Included applets
patchdiff,cmp,diff3,sdiffwhichgzip,gunzip,zcat,gzcat,uncompressgrep,egrep,fgrep,rgrepfindxargslspci,setpci
Build
VX uses Meson.
meson setup builddir
meson compile -C builddir
meson test -C builddir
To build only selected utilities:
meson setup builddir -Dutils=grep,find,xargs
The default is -Dutils=all.
Run
You can invoke applets either through the multicall binary:
./builddir/vx grep pattern file
./builddir/vx find . -name '*.c'
or via installed symlinks such as grep, find, or patch.
Notes
- The project force-includes
src/compat-headers/compat.hto provide Linux compatibility shims for BSD userland code. - Some behavior is intentionally BSD-flavored, even where GNU tools differ.