Hi Dermot,

and is there any real problem now? With the link /usr/gnu/bin/tar 
pointing to binary /usr/bin/gtar?

Current state just reflects: PSARC/2007/628.

Petr

Dermot McCluskey wrote:
> Petr,
> 
> Are you aware of PSARC 2007/047, usr/gnu?
> 
> The idea is that if a user prepends /usr/gnu/bin to their
> PATH, then they get a GNU environment, and commands like
> make, diff, awk, etc invoke the GNU variant of that command.
> 
> But we also have a g-prefixed version installed in /usr/bin
> for other cases.
> 
> It would be good if something as important as gtar could
> follow this guideline.
> 
> 
> - Dermot
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 05/06/09 08:55, Petr Sumbera wrote:
>> Paul Cunningham wrote:
>>> Petr,
>>>
>>> This mainly looks okay to me, just a couple of  comments below ..
>>>
>>> Paul
>>>
>>> Petr Sumbera wrote:
>>>>
>>>> can somebody please look at my changes?
>>>>
>>>> Webrev:
>>>> http://cr.opensolaris.org/~xsumbe00/6835864-gtar-1.22/
>>>>
>>>> Note: tar-mv.diff is not needed since GNU tar 1.21.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>
>>> 2. usr/src/pkgdefs/SUNWgtar/prototype_com
>>>    Maybe the tar.mo file permissions should have the write bit
>>>    removed?
>>
>> Why not. Fixed.
>>
>>> 3. depend
>>>    I assume this hasn't changed the dependencies
>>
>> Right, no changes in dependencies.
>>
>> Webrev updated.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Petr
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