John Plocher <John.Plocher at Sun.COM> wrote:
> [trimmed]
>
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > We did have a long discussion in the arc mailing list and agreed not to put
> > names into /usr/bin that would cause name clashes.
>
> No, not "would", but "did". The scope was explicitly limited
> to proposed names in a submitted proposal, not the universe of
> potential future possibilities.
>
> In the "/usr/gnu" case, which was concerned with
>
> the creation of a new "/usr/gnu" hierarchy to be delivered
> with Solaris, and populated with GNU/FSF-derived objects
> that conflict with Solaris objects,
>
> we agreed to not put GNU binutil binaries into /usr/bin under
> names that conflicted with those already found there.
At that time, I warned on "compare" and other programs and nobody did
send a retort. I see this as a consens on the fact that /usr/bin needs to
be treated very carefully.
J?rg
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