Danek Duvall wrote: > On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:46:11AM -0800, Douglas Walls wrote: > >> Ah, yes thanks for that clarification. /usr/compilers has such public >> interfaces, i.e. a bin, lib and man directory intended to be placed in >> $PATH and $MANPATH when necessary to override whatever the current >> defaults are in /usr/bin /usr/man. > > But if you're putting links for everything in /usr/bin and /usr/share/man, > and there is only the single version, then why would you set PATH and > MANPATH?
There is only one "bundled" version. There can be multiple versions of Sun compilers by installing a version of the unbundled Sun Studio also ... So, if you have installed the unbundled Sun Studio, like the upcoming Sun Studio 13, with its package that overrides the links in /usr/bin and /usr/share/man, and you have some reason you want the bundled compiler back on your path. > > Danek