[ogb-discuss] [off-topic] was Re: [indiana-discuss] [caiman-discuss] Move /usr/gnu/bin to front of path, add /sbin

[Shawn Walker]

On 31/10/2007, I. Szczesniak <iszczesniak at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10/31/07, Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at sun.com> wrote:
> > I. Szczesniak wrote:
> > No one has ever promised /usr/gnu/bin would be POSIX compliant.
>
> I disagree. POSIX violations are BUGS and have to be fixed, otherwise
> interoperability between systems is completely gone. Or are you saying
> that Sun intends to ship the GNU tools as cheap 'outsourced'
> alternative to the Sys5 tools and then refuse support, even in
> violation of our support contract? In that case I better start
> archiving this discussion that our legal department can review this if
> Sun refuses to fulfill the support contact requirements.

This discussion is completely off-topic for OpenSolaris now, but I bet
if you read that support agreement it allows Sun to define what
components are supported and at what level. I suggest you follow-up
when it becomes appropriate to do so, but posts like this aren't
helpful and aren't applicable to this community.

-- 
Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst
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