Darren Reed <Darren.Reed at Sun.COM> wrote:
> /usr/sfw was fairly straightforward - where we installed software that
> was bundled but not part of ON. This was problematic for many because
> the default paths of various environments do not include /usr/sfw.
For me, it would be important not to confuse /usr/sfw with /usr/gnu
and to only put GNU (FSF) software into /usr/gnu and not arbitrary free
software (even though this software may be under the GPL).
> I'd also like to see some thought given to libraries - is there any
> intention to create a /usr/gnu/lib, how is that inteded to be used
> vs /usr/lib and /lib, etc, discuss shared library names and their
> conflicts, do people need to use LD_LIBRARY_PATH in addition to
> changing PATH, would /usr/gnu/bin/make pull in as/ld from /usr/gnu
> too, link against glibc, etc...
Wouldn't this require to have two different gcc variants on Solaris?
One that uses as/ld and another one that uses gas/gld?
J?rg
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