[indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] Move /usr/gnu/bin to front of path, add /sbin

[Alan Coopersmith]

me at tomservo.cc wrote:
>> I for one encourage people playing about with this sort of thing - if we
>> don't experiment around with new stuff, then OpenSolaris is going to
>> stagnate, and then nobody will use it.
> 
> The problem comes if you're compiling applications from source,
> ./configure detects the system as Solaris and assumes its userland, then
> the compilation breaks left and right because the tools don't behave as
> expected.

Those would be broken configure scripts for the most part.   Most configure
scripts test for the features they need, not the OS version, especially since
the explosion of Linux distros has made it impossible for any open source
author to keep track of what works where, and keep it up to date as they
all evolve on their own schedules.

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	-Alan Coopersmith-           alan.coopersmith at sun.com
	 Sun Microsystems, Inc. - X Window System Engineering