Re: gstat collision between sysutils/coreutils and base gstat
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 05:43:23PM +, Chris Rees wrote: On 31 October 2011 15:18, Wesley Shields w...@freebsd.org wrote: On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 09:21:26AM +, Chris Rees wrote: Hey all, Traditionally we've tended to use the 'g' prefix for GNU utilities; gmake, gtar etc, but apparently with stat that is a problem [1], due to the different gstat utility in base. I'm reluctant to simply rename the coreutils to gnu- prefixes, because that would upset quite a lot of things! We either need to: 1) Rename to coreutils to gnu- like most of the rest of the non-GNU world and deal with the breakage (!) 2) Make gstat an OPTION, off by default 3) Be horribly inconsistent and rename gstat to gnustat I don't know if 3 is as horribly inconsistent as you think: misc/gnuls installs the GNU version of ls as gnuls. Which would then introduce another conflict; coreutils installs gls :( Would anyone yell too much if I _just_ changed gstat to gnustat? It could be a little 'quirk'... Just rename it. It solves a conflict and is just one of those little quirks about porting lots of software. ;) -- WXS ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
gstat collision between sysutils/coreutils and base gstat
Hey all, Traditionally we've tended to use the 'g' prefix for GNU utilities; gmake, gtar etc, but apparently with stat that is a problem [1], due to the different gstat utility in base. I'm reluctant to simply rename the coreutils to gnu- prefixes, because that would upset quite a lot of things! We either need to: 1) Rename to coreutils to gnu- like most of the rest of the non-GNU world and deal with the breakage (!) 2) Make gstat an OPTION, off by default 3) Be horribly inconsistent and rename gstat to gnustat Thoughts? Chris [1] http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=160060 ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: gstat collision between sysutils/coreutils and base gstat
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 09:21:26AM +, Chris Rees wrote: Hey all, Traditionally we've tended to use the 'g' prefix for GNU utilities; gmake, gtar etc, but apparently with stat that is a problem [1], due to the different gstat utility in base. I'm reluctant to simply rename the coreutils to gnu- prefixes, because that would upset quite a lot of things! We either need to: 1) Rename to coreutils to gnu- like most of the rest of the non-GNU world and deal with the breakage (!) 2) Make gstat an OPTION, off by default 3) Be horribly inconsistent and rename gstat to gnustat I don't know if 3 is as horribly inconsistent as you think: misc/gnuls installs the GNU version of ls as gnuls. -- WXS ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: gstat collision between sysutils/coreutils and base gstat
On 31 October 2011 15:18, Wesley Shields w...@freebsd.org wrote: On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 09:21:26AM +, Chris Rees wrote: Hey all, Traditionally we've tended to use the 'g' prefix for GNU utilities; gmake, gtar etc, but apparently with stat that is a problem [1], due to the different gstat utility in base. I'm reluctant to simply rename the coreutils to gnu- prefixes, because that would upset quite a lot of things! We either need to: 1) Rename to coreutils to gnu- like most of the rest of the non-GNU world and deal with the breakage (!) 2) Make gstat an OPTION, off by default 3) Be horribly inconsistent and rename gstat to gnustat I don't know if 3 is as horribly inconsistent as you think: misc/gnuls installs the GNU version of ls as gnuls. Which would then introduce another conflict; coreutils installs gls :( Would anyone yell too much if I _just_ changed gstat to gnustat? It could be a little 'quirk'... Chris ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: gstat collision between sysutils/coreutils and base gstat
On Mon, Oct 31, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Chris Rees utis...@gmail.com wrote: Would anyone yell too much if I _just_ changed gstat to gnustat? Probably, but you should ignore them. ;) -- Eitan Adler ___ freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-ports-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
