From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Dec 17 23:35:36 2000 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 23:35:35 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mailhost01.reflexnet.net (mailhost01.reflexnet.net [64.6.192.82]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0BE6137B400 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:35:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexcom.com ([64.6.211.149]) by mailhost01.reflexnet.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.197.19); Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:33:53 -0800 Received: (from cjc@localhost) by rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexcom.com (8.11.0/8.11.0) id eBI7ZT292943; Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:35:29 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cjc) Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 23:35:28 -0800 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Cliff Sarginson Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Gnu system program vs BSD. Opinions ? Message-ID: <20001217233528.S96105@149.211.6.64.reflexcom.com> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from cliff@raggedclown.net on Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 07:26:17AM +0000 Sender: cjc@rfx-64-6-211-149.users.reflexcom.com Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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