Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 00:48:18 -0500 From: "Marty Leisner" <leisner@rochester.rr.com> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: Cliff Sarginson <cliff@raggedclown.net>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gnu system program vs BSD. Opinions ? Message-ID: <200012220548.AAA08642@rochester.rr.com> In-Reply-To: Message from "Crist J. Clark" <cjclark@reflexnet.net> of "Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:35:28 PST." <20001217233528.S96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com>
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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
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