I agree with one caveat: the native fully supported and integrated Sun tools should be come first the default PATHs when shipped and modifying that value should be left up to the user. As for a setting somewhere, why not simply put it in /etc/default somewhere along with things like TIMEZONE, LANG and such? Logically that strikes me as the best place.
fpsm On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Octave Orgeron <[email protected]> wrote: > As always.. the GNU vs non-GNU tool set brings up a heated debate. The big > issue I see here is that the GNU tools may be prevalent, but they obviously > don't cover all use cases and can be broken on certain platforms. We have to > remember that things like ACL's, special file systems, etc. are not just > relegated to Sun. There are other flavors out there that have such features. > To have a unified tool set would require the GNU apps to fully support the > POSIX and platform specific bits. That would be nice, but I seriously doubt > it'll happen. As such having the *standard* Solaris tools is critical for not > just developers or SA's.. but also for commercial applications and tools > (think about monitoring software alone). I do like the idea of having the GNU > bits located in /usr/gnu, as it follows the other conventions /usr/xpg4, > /usr/xpg6, /usr/ucb, etc. The strength here is that our platform can support > multiple behaviors. It's just a matter of users setting the > correct $PATH statements. Is there a tool in Gnome and the CLI for ppl to > select the behavior they want? That would be ideal. > > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > Octave J. Orgeron > Solaris Virtualization Architect and Consultant > Web: http://unixconsole.blogspot.com > E-Mail: [email protected] > *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > To: solarg <[email protected]> > Cc: Open Solaris <[email protected]>; > [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 11:51:11 AM > Subject: Re: [osol-discuss] [indiana-discuss] why gnu chmod in os2008.11? > >> i'm surprised that gnu chmod is installed, what are the advantages >> comparing to solaris chmod? >> It's very annoying when using ACLs. > > The default environment at the moment is to prefer the GNU tools as > that is the more familiar environment for most developers and > end-users; over time, the plan is to provide a unified set of tools, > where possible, that is both familiar and fully supports OpenSolaris > specific features. > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > opensolaris-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
