Initial Proposal * GNU commands that don't collide with current /usr/bin namespace - place these in /usr/bin.* GNU commands that do collide with commands already in /usr/bin - place these in /usr/gnu/bin, following the convention we started with /usr/xpg*/bin.
I'd definitely go with this option.
* Existing aliases (gtar, gmake, etc) will appear in /usr/sfw (and perhaps also in /usr/bin).
You could add aliases to /usr/bin but I think it might be cleaner to keep GNU on non-GNU separated to avoid confusion. (Keeping symlinks from the current names in /usr/sfw to /usr/gnu is a good idea for backwards compatibility's sake though). As an aside, what would be done about manpages? There is no /usr/xpg4/man. The man for xpg4 commands are lumped together with the /usr/bin commands (e.g. man sh). Is someone going to take the time to do the same with GNU commands where there is a clash? Personally I'd like to see separate /usr/man, /usr/xpg4/man and /usr/gnu/man.
Paul -- Paul Durrant
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