GNU Developer Collection [LSARC/2008/776 FastTrack timeout 01/07/2009]

[James Carlson]

Byron Servies writes:
> On 12/19/08 02:58 PM, James Carlson wrote:
> > Byron Servies writes:
> >> I am objecting to having a single binary referred to by different names 
> >> in several locations.  This invites confusion between incompatible 
> >> programs (cc, make, ld, cpp, yacc, etc.) and frustration when a 
> >> developer has the "wrong" bin directory first and doesn't understand why 
> >>   make suddenly doesn't work.
> > 
> > I'm afraid that's actually proper and correct.  Please see PSARC
> > 2007/074, "/usr/gnu".
[...]
> Thanks, James!  I needed a good laugh before heading off on holiday,

I'm not sure what you found humorous there, but I believe that what I
wrote was accurate: you seem to be objecting to having the program
visible as both "cc" and "gcc", depending on the search path, and that
usage is exactly what was established in the /usr/gnu case.

I understand your comment that this is potentially confusing, and that
users may end up invoking an unexpected variant of a common utility
this way, but that's exactly what the /usr/gnu case established.
Given what it intended to do, I don't think that it's wrong.

But if you do think it's wrong, then the place to complain is that
case, not this one.

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