On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Shawn Walker wrote: > Because you haven't yet said that the libraries would be named any > differently.
A little research would help in this case, to see what the actual libraries are named. Installing a different library under the same name would be pure insanity. > Every point I have is simply discarded with the argument that you know > better, things will happen differently, and that I'm wrong without any > reasonable explanation. I believe there are better things to do than argue over something that you really don't seem to have looked into at all. > Please show me a study proving this. ???? > Many still default to /usr/local. Really, like which ones other than Sunfreeware that you don't need to change the target location when you build? > As long as the name is different, fine. But I still think your > attitude of "screw everyone I know better" stinks. I've not said I know better than everyone else in this case, but you're bringing issues up that have been batted around in the Solaris community before you booted it. The fact is that software is now moving to /usr (i.e., /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, /usr/etc, /usr/lib, etc...) and you're proposing to hold it back and keep things out of /usr. This is the exact mess (Open)Solaris has been plagued with for years. This is system software afterall, it belongs in /usr. -- Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group
