fmt utility from NetBSD

On Sun, 16 Apr 2006, Aleksey Cheusov wrote:
> /usr/bin/fmt utility seems very old and lacks some
useful features.
> See OpenBSD fmt (or GNU fmt) for comparison.
>
> P.S.
> Should fmt utility be a part of NetBSD base system?

wl3403% which fmt
/usr/bin/fmt

=> it *is* part of the base system (I guess that's where
OpenBSD got 
theirs from, or at least started from?).

What exactly is "very old"? Are any of the
features you miss required by 
POSIX/SUSv3?


  - Hubert