Stephen Hahn writes: > * James Carlson <james.d.carlson at Sun.COM> [2007-01-30 12:03]: > > Stephen Hahn writes: > > > (In John's example, star poses no conflict > > > > Actually, it does. I don't necessarily agree with him, but Joerg has > > good reason to want 'star' to be /usr/bin/tar. > > In the interests of having a finite discussion, I must point out that > this case, /usr/gnu, has nothing to do with implementation > replacements like the example above. It proposes no replacements and > in no way modifies the responsibilities of subsequent projects that > wish to replace any individual implementation.
I think you're missing the point I was trying to make, because I didn't intend to refer _only_ to replacement. One alternative to blasting star atop /usr/bin/tar is to have a /usr/schilly universe, along with the /usr/gnu, /usr/ucb, and other universes. (Multiverses?) In the 'schilly' universe, unadorned 'tar' is star. -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 1 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
