Re: /usr/ucb (was Re: error building cdrtools)

From: Roger Marquis (not-for-mail_at_roble.com)
Date: 07/13/03 

Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:16:51 +0000 (UTC)

In comp.unix.solaris Dragan Cvetkovic <d1r2a3g4a5n.NOSPAM@spam.t6h7t.net> wrote:
>In other words, except for maybe /usr/ucb/ps, is there any other program in
>/usr/ucb that is essential and that justifies the existence of /usr/ucb?

Sum, mail that recognizes the "-s" flag, vipw, ps, chown, ... The
reason these versions exist is for backwards and cross-platform
compatibility. I keep /usr/ucb at the front of my PATH so these
utilities behave the same across Solaris, FreeBSD, Linux, etc.

>Can we have RFE for Solaris for /usr/ucb removal :-) ?

You'd need an RFE for backwards compatibility in that case, something
that Sun learned the hard way (with Solaris 2.0) doesn't go over
too well with end users. Backwards compatibility is also one of
Solaris' big selling points over the free Unix'. 

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Roger Marquis
Roble Systems Consulting
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