[indiana-discuss] [osol-discuss] why gnu chmod in os2008.11?

[Alan Coopersmith]

Brian Smith wrote:
> If a GNU utility is a proper superset of the Solaris version, would patches
> to replace the Solaris version with the GNU version be accepted? 

I would think so, but it would depend on specific cases.

> Or, is
> there some kind of rule that says that all Solaris functionality must be
> present without depending on any GNU-licensed software?

Nope, since most of our desktop functionality depends entirely on GNU
licensed software.

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