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[James Carlson]

Nicolas Williams writes:
> On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 01:27:51PM -0800, George Vasick wrote:
> > >If those commands shouldn't be in $PATH then just put them in a
> > >sub-directory of /usr/lib.
> > 
> > It is not a PATH conflict, it is a name conflict with the individual 
> > commands.  They cannot be located in the same directory as the Solaris 
> > commands.  The set of commands in question is
> 
> You misunderstand my point.
> 
> My point: these commands appear to be private to the compiler suite,
> therefore DON'T pollute /usr, DO pollute /usr/lib.

Actually, the commands aren't private.  What is private is the
/usr/i386-pc-solaris2.11 path itself, and I agree that should be
buried if possible.  It's just noise.

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