On Sun, 2005-11-27 at 12:44 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> The GNU utilities carry both a stability and compatibility > >> risk. Nothing in Solaris proper can fix that. > > > >This statement true for any software in general, unless development is > >pretty much dead. :-) > > Perhaps I should have quantified that: ".... when used as default > in a Solaris environment.". > The GNU utilities are not compatible with their Solaris equavalent > and in some cases violate standards, best practices or have bugs > which their authors refuse to fix.
don't you agree that any software has some bugs anyways? I'd say this is part of software industry. "violate standards" sounds very funny to me. Microsoft violates standards all over, still everybody using it. But my point is: GNU tools are slightly incompatible with SUN tools. But because GNU tools has x1000 times wider usage, I think, this is SUN tools which are "violates GNU standards". :-) Guys, this GNU vs. SUN tools discussion leading to nowhere. Decent OpenSolaris-based distro must support both. One way or another. Erast _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
