Kyle McDonald <Kyle.McDonald at bigbandnet.com> wrote:
> There may not be a single distribution, but due to the LSB, I bet all
> the tools we are discussing here are located in the same place on all
> (or the vast majority) linux distributions.
>
> But if both /usr/gnu and /usr/linux are the wrong names, how about
> /usr/oss??
> (I'm guessing /sur/fsw - for Free Soft Ware - is too close to /usr/sfw.)
Which program should win /usr/oss/bin/make as name?
BSD's make?
My smake?
GNU make?
let oldest program (see my order) or what?
Which program should win /usr/oss/bin/tar?
star's "tar" CLI emulation?
GNU "tar"?
There are many others but make & tar seem to be the most popular conflicting
names.
Let me also name cpio, pax, .....
J?rg
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