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> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Mhhh... would it be a good idea to make a standalone wrapper (e.g. |int
> > > main(int ac, char **av, char **env) { return b_uname(ac, av, env); }|)
> > > around the ksh93 builtin and stuff it into /usr/xpg4/bin/ ? That may be
> > > a cheap way to get a POSIX-conformant "uname" into that directory... :-)
> >
> > Why do you believe that /usr/bin/uname is not POSIX compliant?
>
> Let me re-phrase that statement: "... a cheap way to get a version of
> 'uname' into that directory which does not have Solaris-specific
> extensions (e.g. allows the creation of portable scripts without the
> risk of falling into the 'OS-specific-extension'-trap again)". Better ?
> :-)
If you are suggesting creating a new /usr/xpg4/bin/uname in Solaris/OpenSolaris
source, I don't think this is a good idea. /usr/xpg4/bin was intended
for commands which have standards-enforced behavior which is incompatible
with the corresponding /usr/bin behavior. It is not intended to be
a place where a second version of a standards-compliant uname can reside.
April
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