On Wed, Oct 31, 2007 at 02:11:40PM -0700, Alan Coopersmith wrote: > > The whole point of having /usr/gnu/bin is as an alternative implementation > to /usr/bin because the /usr/bin one is being kept for backwards compatibility > and/or standards compliance - as long as there is one POSIX compliant version > of the command on the system, why must every version in every PATH be > compliant?
Not to mention that the version in /usr/bin sometimes is not POSIX compliant, which is why we have /usr/xpg*/bin for those who want/need that functionality. > Then I had better stop responding after this, since I am not an authorized > Sun spokesman, and no one on any OpenSolaris list is speaking on behalf of > Sun. If you're going to get legal about it, go through formal channels to > Sun and take it off of OpenSolaris.org now. Yes, please. Mr. Szczesniak, I'm sympathetic to your position but these are technical issues that need to be worked out within the project teams, the ARC, and the existing OpenSolaris processes. Only if those processes fail or someone is attempting to bypass them is the OGB an appropriate venue for appeal. Sun's or any other vendor's responsibilities to you for performance under contract are outside the scope of this community and beyond the OGB's authority to adjudicate. -- Keith M Wesolowski "Sir, we're surrounded!" FishWorks "Excellent; we can attack in any direction!" _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
