Petr,

Sorry, I mis-understood this:

 > I don't want to install into /usr/gnu/. I want to install "gtar" into 
 > /usr/bin.

to mean there wasn't going be *anything* in /usr/gnu.


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

That is fine and is consistent with other pkgs.

- Dermot





On 05/06/09 13:05, Petr Sumbera wrote:
> 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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