One area of possible concern is the naming of the info pages.
Specifically, GNU/Linux (gawd that sounds awful) call GNU tar "tar", and
"info tar" returns meaningful information on that version.
On Solaris, /usr/bin/tar (and indeed "tar", unless /usr/gnu is in your
path first!) will be the Solaris version, and thus "info tar", as
proposed by this case, will have information about the program called
"gtar" rather than the program called "tar".
IOW, wouldn't it make more sense to rename the info page to
"gtar.info"? (Of course, that has its own implications for people
working on Linux systems used to typing "info tar".... you just can't win!)
Btw, the man pages have the same issue, right? They have to be gtar.1,
not tar.1, to avoid collision with our Solaris versions.
-- Garrett
Don Cragun wrote:
> Template Version: @(#)sac_nextcase 1.64 07/13/07 SMI
> This information is Copyright 2007 Sun Microsystems
> 1. Introduction
> 1.1. Project/Component Working Name:
> Move GNU tar to /usr/bin
> 1.2. Name of Document Author/Supplier:
> Author: Craig Mohrman
> 1.3 Date of This Document:
> 01 November, 2007
> 4. Technical Description
>
> Summary
>
> This project moves GNU tar from /usr/sfw/bin to /usr/bin and
> updates the version from 1.14 to 1.17.
>
> 4.1 Details
>
> The actual binary moves from /usr/sfw/bin/gtar to /usr/bin/gtar.
> A link is left behind from /usr/sfw/bin/gtar to /usr/bin/gtar.
> In addition /usr/gnu/bin/tar will be a link to /usr/bin/gtar.
> There is also a GNU rmt command that will move from
> /usr/sfw/libexec/grmt to /usr/libexec/rmt.
> The GNU tar man page moves to /usr/share/man and an appropriate link
> is placed in /usr/gnu/man.
>
> Numerous localized message files move from /usr/sfw/lib/locale
> to /usr/lib/locale.
> An info file moves from /usr/sfw/share/info/tar.info to
> /usr/share/info/tar.info.
>
> 4.2 BUG/RFE Number(s):
> 6407045 Upgrade GNU tar (gtar) to 1.15.90 to address CVE-2006-0300
> 6621125 move GNU gtar from /usr/sfw/bin to /usr/bin
>
> 5. References
>
> PSARC 2000/488: Solaris/Linux Commands Compatibility
> PSARC 2005/185: Enabling Serendipitous Discovery
> PSARC 2007/047: /usr/gnu
>
> 6. Resources and Schedule
> 6.4. Steering Committee requested information
> 6.4.1. Consolidation C-team Name:
> SFW
> 6.5. ARC review type: FastTrack
> 6.6. ARC Exposure: open
>
>
