> Brian Smith wrote: >> Dave Miner wrote: >>> We're not going to do that in the installer, as it's a question too >>> subtle for explanation there, and it isn't something that is absolutely >>> necessary to get the system up and running. For OpenSolaris, we've >>> chosen the default which makes the most sense for the most users, just >>> as with every other default. The solution here is to fix the >>> utilities. >> >> What is the strategy to "fix the utilities"? Will the GNU utilities be >> modified to be supersets of their Solaris counterparts? What is the >> strategy >> for the cases where the default behavior is different between the >> Solaris >> version and the GNU version (and/or when the GNU version is non-POSIX by >> default, by design) like "tar" and "make"? >> > > My opinion is that the GNU utilities should be modified, with > modifications fed back upstream ... <snip>
Sometimes that doesn't work. GRUB is a good example. Dennis _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
