On Sun, 2007-11-04 at 10:24 -0600, Shawn Walker wrote:
> Admittedly, I am somewhat fuzzy on what software is supposed to do if
> it needs a specific version of a utility.
It should set PATH to reflect the environment it expects.
> For example, if a configure script decides that it wants to and needs
> to use only gnu versions of utilities on an "OpenSolaris" environment;
> should it assume that it should explicitly reference all utilities via
> the /usr/gnu/ path?
No. It should set PATH to reflect the environment it expects.
> Likewise, if something needs a xpg4 compliant environment, should it
> assume all relevant utilities live under /usr/xpg4/?
No. It should set PATH to reflect the environment it expects.
This is why we need to do the work necessary to figure out how to make
the GNU variant environment a first-class environment on solaris.
- Bill
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