Petr Sumbera <Petr.Sumbera at Sun.COM> writes:
> > 1. usr/src/cmd/gtar/Makefile.sfw
> > [I may have got this wrong, but ...]
> > You are using './configure $(CONFIGURE_OPTIONS)' but doesn't
> > that give a the default --prefix of '/usr', where as I think
> > you want '/usr/gnu'. Probably just requires adding before
> > line 36 ...
> > CONFIGURE_OPTIONS = --prefix=$(CFGGNU)
> > CONFIGURE_OPTIONS += --mandir=$(CFGGNUMAN)
>
> I don't want to install into /usr/gnu/. I want to install "gtar" into
> /usr/bin. That's how it is to day and how it was approved by ARC case.
> I'm doing just version upgrade. No other changes...
>
> > ie. isn't it supposed to install it in /usr/gnu and then
> > add the symbolic link for /usr/bin/gtar, and
> > /usr/sfw/bin/gtar, to /usr/gnu/bin/tar
>
> See above.
This is wrong: PSARC 2007/047 clearly states that conflicting GNU commands
go into /usr/gnu/bin without the g prefix and into /usr/bin with the g
prefix. The current integration should follow this rule.
Rainer
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