> With the other non-standard changes being made to the default > environment, I wonder if it is time to finally bite the bullet and merge > some of the XPG4 and Sun commands -- some of the differences exist for > some rather silly (IMO) semantic differences that portable code should > not rely on. > > [ ... ] > > I'm just thinking, isn't it time we just bit the bullet and told our > users to start using the POSIX defaults, instead of continuing to supply > the legacy compatibility stuff forever. > > It would save a little space, and maybe we could get rid of /usr/xpg4/bin ?
This is the sort of thing that should be driven by the broader business needs for Solaris and other products based on the OpenSolaris codebase, and not by the desire to get rid of a directory and save a tiny amount of disk space. -- meem _______________________________________________ opensolaris-code mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/opensolaris-code
