John Plocher wrote: >>>> usr/i386-pc-solaris2.11 >>> Is this strange path necessary? Can't the subdirectories (bin and lib) >>> go directly to /usr? >>> >>> The answer to the first part is no. The commands in >>> usr/i386-pc-solaris2.11/bin cannot be moved to /usr/bin since they >>> conflict with existing Solaris commands. It is potentially possible to >>> eliminate them, however, since they are duplicates of commands already >>> installed in /usr/bin and /usr/gnu/bin. > > If these existing commands are from earlier versions of binutils, > PLEASE UPDATE THEM instead of leaving them around as an obsolete > nuisance.
No, they are all part of the same binutils package. Gnu tools can be configured to support cross development in addition to native development. The machine/architecture dependent paths are provided to allow tools for multiple target systems to coexist on a single host system. Since we are not providing any cross development capability at this point, we have the option to eliminate the machine/architecture dependent paths for these commands if desired. George
