[Fwd: Re: Switch SPARC GNU coreutils+bash from 32 to 64bit [PSARC/2008/351]

[Joerg Schilling]

James Carlson <james.d.carlson at sun.com> wrote:

> As for the extended FILE bits, I think that if they don't want to port
> to Solaris, then that's entirely their right.  The clear alternative
> would be for someone in OpenSolaris-land to fork the GNU coreutil
> source in order to provide the desired port.  That's how the world
> deals with intransigent maintainers.

Do not expect that the GNU tools will be "ported to Solaris", they are not even
ported to linux....

GNU tar does not implement a single Linux specific feature, star does.

Jörg

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