Move gdb from /usr/sfw/bin to /usr/bin [PSARC/2007/630 Self Review]
Casper.Dik at sun.com
Casper.Dik at sun.com
Fri Nov 2 09:51:03 PDT 2007
>As an aside, has gcc already moved to /usr/bin?
>
>One nagging thought about moving the compilers to /usr/bin is that it
>seems to give a level of precedence to the GNU compilers and tools that
>is higher than we offer for our *own* tools (Studio).
>
>I.e. if gdb and gcc are in /usr/bin, then why not dbx and cc?
>
>I realize that this may not be the place to fully explore the idea of
>bundling Studio, but I'd hate for other parties to miscontrue this
>action as meaning our own Studio tools were "2nd class" on Solaris systems.
+1: the Solaris developer tools should install symlinks in /usr/bin (as per
the decision to collapse /usr/ccs/bin into /usr/bin).
Why did we get /usr/ucb/cc but never /usr/bin/cc.
"Not this ARC case", clearly.
Casper
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