Move GNU tar to /usr/bin [PSARC/2007/628 FastTrack timeout 11/08/2007]

David.Comay at sun.com David.Comay at sun.com
Thu Nov 1 21:43:05 PDT 2007


> IOW, wouldn't it make more sense to rename the info page to
> "gtar.info"?  (Of course, that has its own implications for people
> working on Linux systems used to typing "info tar".... you just can't win!)

Perhaps it makes sense to also deliver a gtar.info but the information
in the file will still refer to just "tar".

> Btw, the man pages have the same issue, right?  They have to be gtar.1,
> not tar.1, to avoid collision with our Solaris versions.

gtar.1 will be delivered under /usr/share/man.  tar.1 will be delivered
under /usr/gnu/share/man as a link to gtar.1

dsc



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