Hi! On Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:58:50 -0400 Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Wondering, what's the difference between ctags and exuberant-ctags, > and why one would take the place of the other? One of my users has > pointed out that 'there should be only one', and that he has always > used exuberant in the past. Is there a way to safely link exuberant > for him without hosing his system? > > See here: > > # find /usr/bin/ | grep ctag > /usr/bin/exuberant-ctags > /usr/bin/ctags
Quoting the exuberant-ctags ebuild:
> namepace collision with X/Emacs-provided /usr/bin/ctags -- we
> rename ctags to exuberant-ctags (Mandrake does this also).
So if you have X/Emacs installed it would explain the existance
of /usr/bin/ctags on your system.
As for your user... He can simply alias exuberant-ctags to ctags in
his .bashrc and be done with it.
Cheers,
Renat
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