Hi Rainer,
Note, Paul also made the same observation regarding /usr/sfw in his
feedback. I will attempt to address both here.
Rainer Orth wrote:
> George Vasick <George.Vasick at Sun.COM> writes:
>
>> I am upgrading m4 to the latest stable version. Summary of changes:
> [...]
>> 5) removed /usr/sfw/bin/gm4 link (/usr/sfw is obsolete)
>
> True insofar as no new software is to be delivered into /usr/sfw, but I
> thought compatibility symlinks were kept in place. Can you point me to a
> document stating otherwise?
The only reference I have is from the internal "Package Delivery
Project" document maintained most recently by Jim Walker:
3.6 Component Location Guidelines
[...]
* /usr/sfw is obsolete and should not be used
I do not know of a document that says how and when we are supposed to
end of life /usr/sfw. I did notice that /usr/sfw/bin is no longer
included in the default PATH on the 2008.11 release of opensolaris so I
thought removing the /usr/sfw/bin links would be appropriate as we
upgrade the packages moving forward.
If it is important to keep the sfw links, I can easily put it back in.
What do think?
Thanks,
George
>
> Thanks.
> Rainer
>
