Eric Boutilier wrote:
> Maybe not. The Sun proposal (I'm pretty sure) is to put everything
> important -- GNU and non-GNU -- directly in /usr/{bin,lib} (except when
> there's a name collision). So there would be very little or no need for
> something like /usr/foss -- and if there were (e.g. a non-GNU library
> that causes a name collision in /usr/lib), why not just stick with
> /usr/sfw?
>
> Having said that, no doubt the GNU-Solaris community leaders* can
> provide a more definitive answer than I (but that might not happen until
> after the thanksgiving holiday).
>
> * http://opensolaris.org/os/community/gnu_solaris/leaders/
The point here is that the only reason variants such as /usr/xpg4/bin,
/usr/gnu/bin, etc are necessary is that there are name conflicts.
Anything with a unique name can go into /usr/bin. If it's worth
shipping to customers, it's worth having them be able to find it.
- Bart
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Bart Smaalders Solaris Kernel Performance
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