Peter Tribble wrote:
> Ultimately, I am unclear as to the precise goals of this proposal.
The goals are twofold:
1) Encourage the placement of non-name-conflicting gnu tools
into /usr/bin. In addition, encourage conflicting tools to
appear in /usr/bin with the "g" prefix. This will enable the
majority of the open source software out there to "just compile
and work" on Solaris.
2) Provide a simple mechanism to allow one to prefer the gnu
version of conflicting commands. Thus by setting one's path
appropriately, users can select whether their cmds have
a Solaris (xpg3), xpg4, xpg6 or GNU/FSF personality. This is
a useful technique for porting software written by those who
feel "all the world's a Linux distro".
- Bart
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Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance
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