Where can I read about this fork?
Googling for "bsd parallel command" doesn't seem to show anything relevant.
Googling for "bsd parallel command" doesn't seem to show anything relevant.
My configure.ac recipe for the proper parallel is this, setting logs_all to the GNU parallel version.
dnl GNU parallel, skip the old non-perl version from moreutils so far
AC_CHECK_PROGS([PARALLEL], [parallel])
logs_all=logs-all-serial.sh.in
if test -n "$PARALLEL"; then
AC_MSG_CHECKING([PARALLEL version])
parallel_version=`$PARALLEL --version 2>&1 | head -n1 | cut -c14-`
case "$parallel_version" in
[0-9]*) AC_MSG_RESULT([$parallel_version])
logs_all=logs-all-parallel.sh.in
;;
*invalid*)
PARALLEL=
parallel_version="skip old moreutils version, need GNU parallel"
esac
AC_MSG_RESULT([$parallel_version])
fi
AM_CONDITIONAL([HAVE_PARALLEL], [test -n "$PARALLEL"])moreutils parallel was written 2008, and added to moreutils 2009, just when Ole asked them. https://git.joeyh.name/index.cgi/moreutils.git/commit/?id=0f...
https://www.gnu.org/software/parallel/history.html
Hence I called it a "fork". Independent, yes, but when you know about the project, steal its name and put it into wide distribution under that same name, because you think your name has a better chance of being adopted, this is called a fork. Like a pitchfork. Poking into the original authors eyes with a sharp instrument.