From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Dec 21 21:48:26 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 21 21:48:24 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com (mailout1-0.nyroc.rr.com [24.92.226.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 077C437B400 for ; Thu, 21 Dec 2000 21:48:23 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail2.nyroc.rr.com (mail2-0 [24.92.226.75]) by mailout1-1.nyroc.rr.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id AAA17820; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 00:44:16 -0500 (EST) Received: from rochester.rr.com ([24.95.218.54]) by mail2.nyroc.rr.com (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-59787U250000L250000S0V35) with ESMTP id com; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 00:44:15 -0500 Received: from soyata.home (IDENT:leisner@localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by rochester.rr.com (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA08642; Fri, 22 Dec 2000 00:48:18 -0500 Message-Id: <200012220548.AAA08642@rochester.rr.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.0 09/18/1999 To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: Cliff Sarginson , questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gnu system program vs BSD. Opinions ? In-Reply-To: Message from "Crist J. Clark" of "Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:35:28 PST." <20001217233528.S96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 00:48:18 -0500 From: "Marty Leisner" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Actually, this is a good topic. I've used Unix for nearly 20 years and the GNU tools for over a decade. I'm comfortable with bash/fileutils/shellutils/gmake/gawk When I install a freebsd system, I painfully look around for the gnu tools.. I probably would be a good idea to a have a "gnu" environment you can specify at account creation time, to default to the gnu tools (instead of the bsd ones). JMHO. Marty > On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 07:26:17AM +0000, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > > Hello, > > Apart from personal preferences is there any compelling reason > > to not use GNU system programs instead of BSD ones ? > > (e.g. du, df.. make ?). > > Noooooooooo........................ > > Please take the inevitable religious debate to -advocacy. > > > Will anything "break" if I just choose the ones I like best > > which may include some GNU ones ? > > If you mean to install GNU tools _over_ the BSD versions in /bin, > /usr/bin, etc., you will break things. If you just put them elsewhere > in the tree, say a /usr/gnu or in /usr/local, you should be OK. > -- > Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message