I am sponsoring the following fast track for myself. It, too, seeks
Minor release binding and is set to timeout on 31 January. (It is
by far the smaller of the two consumer cases, and likely more
representative of follow-on cases to populate /usr/gnu.)
- Stephen
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PSARC/2007/049
Include GNU which 2.16
Stephen Hahn (sch at sun.com)
ident "$Hg: d-gnu-which-fast-track.txt f86d9ec9092d 2007/01/22 11:52:13 -0800
$ SMI"
1. Summary
This case adds the GNU/FSF implementation of which(1), under the
integration guidelines for /usr/gnu [1].
2. Discussion
The GNU implementation of which(1) offers a number of enhancements
for interactive and scripting use over the which(1) invocation in
/usr/bin. (For instance, unlike the /usr/bin implementation's ties
to csh(1) (and specifically $HOME/.cshrc for aliases), the GNU
implementation has features that allow use with a variety of
shells.)
A new package, SUNWgnu-which, will be introduced to deliver the
component.
The initial version provided will be which-2.16.
The which(1) manual page will be modified to include the following
text in the "NOTES" section:
The FSF/GNU implementation of the 'which' command can be found
at /usr/gnu/bin/which. (See gnu(5) for additional details on
FSF/GNU commands.)
3. Interfaces
/usr/gnu/bin/which
Location Committed
Invocation Uncommitted
Human-readable output Volatile
/usr/share/info/which.info
Location Uncommitted
/usr/gnu/share/man/man1/which.1
Location Uncommitted
4. References
[1] S. Hahn, B. Smaalders, and R. Orth, PSARC/2007/047: /usr/gnu, 2007.
Appendix A. Utility synopsis for GNU which variant utility
Usage: which [options] [--] programname [...]
Options: --version, -[vV] Print version and exit successfully.
--help, Print this help and exit successfully.
--skip-dot Skip directories in PATH that start with a dot.
--skip-tilde Skip directories in PATH that start with a tilde.
--show-dot Don't expand a dot to current directory in output.
--show-tilde Output a tilde for HOME directory for non-root.
--tty-only Stop processing options on the right if not on tty.
--all, -a Print all matches in PATH, not just the first
--read-alias, -i Read list of aliases from stdin.
--skip-alias Ignore option --read-alias; don't read stdin.
--read-functions Read shell functions from stdin.
--skip-functions Ignore option --read-functions; don't read stdin.
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Stephen Hahn, PhD Solaris Kernel Development, Sun Microsystems
stephen.hahn at sun.com http://blogs.sun.com/sch/
