[OSUNIX-dev] Fully open libc and misc other news

["C. Bergström"]

Joerg Schilling wrote:
> Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> 		patch
>>
>> I think GNU patch (which is the descendant of the original Larry Wall patch)
>> is the only sane choice here - it's what /usr/bin/patch points to in OpenSolaris
>> now, after many many years of customers complaining our patch was incompatible
>> with many patch files in the wild.
>>     
>
> gnu patch is incompatible to POSIX patch
>   
To intentionally open a can of worms here.. GNU patch on osunix was 
moved to /usr/bin.. I dont' know if it's POSIX compliant, but I can say 
that's the route we went.. I'm happy to revise it if other feature-rich 
tools were available.  I think despite my own philosophical beliefs GNU 
patch is what a lot of people coming to OSUNIX/OpenSolaris would like to 
see..