Danek Duvall wrote: > /usr/gnu/bin/ls still has functionality that /usr/bin/ls doesn't -- in > particular, the colorization is more flexible in the GNU version. I don't > want to go back to having to build my own copy just to get the bits that I > need. > > Providing the GNU coreutils is a small burden on Sun, and it's a loss for > anyone who actually wants to use and keep up with the GNU bits; it's not > clear to me at all how removing these utilities is a win for anyone.
Thanks you said that more eloquently than my attempt. I think the root architectural problem here is that the default installed user/environment has /usr/gnu/bin ahead of /usr/bin in $PATH. We need to solve that problem instead of dim sum shopping between GNU binutils and ksh93 (and any other trolley that passes us by). So please set a timer on this case it doesn't qualify in my opinion for self review and needs to be a fast-track. -- Darren J Moffat
