Stefan Teleman writes: > James Carlson wrote: > > I'm a bit confused about what's going on here. On a Nevada 101 > > system, I see no /usr/bin/gas on the system at all, though it does > > have SUNWbinutils installed, and I can see /usr/sfw/bin/gas. On an > > OpenSolaris 0.99 system, I see a /usr/bin/gas symlink coming from > > SUNWbinutils that points over to /usr/sfw. > > > > What the ... ? > > That was my implied point. There does not seem to be a consistent approach > here, > with the existing SUNWbinutils.
Yep. I have no idea how the OpenSolaris distribution became inconsistent in this way, but perhaps it doesn't matter for ARC purposes: OpenSolaris is still just an unintegrated project, which means that they needn't conform necessarily with any particular architecture. So I would assert that the real issue (at least for the ARC) is the intended architecture of SUNWbinutils, and not how it happens to appear on one or another (locally modified?) distribution. To conform with the /usr/gnu cases you're citing, that should mean that non-conflicting bits belong in /usr/bin, and only things with conflicts go in /usr/gnu/bin. In other words, /usr/bin/gar makes sense, as does /usr/gnu/bin/ar, but /usr/gnu/bin/gar doesn't make sense. > > That's all I'm asking. I can understand 'gar' and 'gas' because of > > the obvious conflicts. 'gobjcopy' is a little less obvious, at least > > to me ... but if that's expected, then ok. > > I am just as confused as you are. I was under the very distinct impression > that > the existing SUNWbinutils will deliver symlinks in /usr/bin. But then, that > did > not appear to be the case. I therefore concluded that the symlinks were > removed > for a reason. It'd be good to get to the bottom of it, but my primary concern is the intended architecture of SUNWbinutils, as the package is constructed. If others modify and redistribute it, that's their problem. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
