>Solaris with more of a GNU userland, as either a separate distro >or as a branded zone, might, as long as all libs, devs, and config files >remained the same as on plain Solaris (so that anything developed >in the Linux-friendly environment would Just Work in a plain Solaris >environment) ease porting Linux apps to Solaris; at least it would cut >out for the most part the excuse (IMO) that the usual tools weren't >handy in the usual places; hopefully the remaining differences other >than code things (for which the app developers should then be able >to focus on or at least accept patches!) wouldn't be too much greater >than between Linux distros. That is, they wouldn't have to waste a lot >of time on just build mechanics.
Even a choice through $PATH is just fine with me; or compatible extended changes of our own utilities, though one shudders to think what on earth gave rise to "make -C" >IMO it's critical that that be usable in that fashion (and not result in >packages that won't run on regular Solaris), and that it be utterly optional >and non-interfering on the traditional Solaris distro. Clearly. Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
