[companion-discuss] Path for latest versions of GNU tools? (Was: Proposing /usr/gnu)

[Eric Boutilier]

Laszlo (Laca) Peter wrote:

>On Tue, 2006-05-02 at 16:41 +0200, Jasse Jansson wrote:
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>>>>So shouldn't everything in /usr/sfw that has the same name as an
>>>>existing thing in /usr be moved to /usr/gnu (after officially
>>>>defining it) or shouldn't we just redefine the role of /usr/sfw
>>>>and not create /usr/gnu?
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>>>>
>>>  Although I normally like to reuse stuff, I think we should
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>>>
>>introduce
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>>>  /usr/gnu as a precise way of identifying the "alternative commands
>>>  environment" it represents.
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>>>
>>Shouldn't an "alternative commands environment" live in /opt ???
>>In this case /opt/gnu 
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>
>/opt is for add-on packages, things that are not shipped as
>part of the operating system.
>
>If these commands were not part of Solaris, they would go into
>/opt (in this case /opt/gnu), but the proposal is to include them
>in Solaris, so they need to go into /usr (/usr/gnu).
>
>Laca
>  
>


What about having something under /opt  (/opt/newergnu?) that mirrors
all the GNU tools in /usr/bin and /usr/gnu/bin, but with the latest 
("bleeding
edge") versions?

Eric

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