#7873: Fix 'gap' to remove usage of '$RM' and replace wth 'rm'
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Reporter: drkirkby | Owner: GeorgSWeber
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: sage-4.3.1
Component: build | Keywords:
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As agreed here:
http://groups.google.com/group/sage-
devel/browse_thread/thread/bd7ae07a1157bead/970aa0dc8fa56ab7?lnk=raot
there is no need to have variables for very basic commands such as 'rm'.
Gap relies on the use of $RM, $LN and $MKDIR, which seems a bit pointless.
All are standard Unix commands, defined by POSIX. We should not make make
use of any special options some versions might use.
I'm no fan of GNU, but even their coding standards acknowledge one can
assume some commands exist, and include all of these.
http://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#Utilities-in-Makefiles
Hence I would replace the use of $LN, $RM and $MKDIR on the spkg-install
and anywhere else it may be found in gap.
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