On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 05:43:23PM +0000, Chris Rees wrote: > On 31 October 2011 15:18, Wesley Shields <w...@freebsd.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 09:21:26AM +0000, Chris Rees wrote: > >> Hey all, > >> > >> Traditionally we've tended to use the 'g' prefix for GNU utilities; > >> gmake, gtar etc, but apparently with stat that is a problem [1], due > >> to the different gstat utility in base. > >> > >> I'm reluctant to simply rename the coreutils to gnu- prefixes, because > >> that would upset quite a lot of things! > >> > >> We either need to: > >> > >> 1) Rename to coreutils to gnu- like most of the rest of the non-GNU > >> world and deal with the breakage (!) > >> 2) Make gstat an OPTION, off by default > >> 3) Be horribly inconsistent and rename gstat to gnustat > > > > I don't know if 3 is as horribly inconsistent as you think: misc/gnuls > > installs the GNU version of ls as gnuls. > > Which would then introduce another conflict; coreutils installs gls :( > > Would anyone yell too much if I _just_ changed gstat to gnustat? It > could be a little 'quirk'...
Just rename it. It solves a conflict and is just one of those little quirks about porting lots of software. ;) -- WXS _______________________________________________ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
