What Solaris versions have /usr/sfw/bin/gmake and /usr/sfw/bin/gtar ?

Dave

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Oct 27, 2009, 8:08:21 PM10/27/09

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I know some versions of Solaris ship with GNU versions of 'make' and 'tar' in
/usr/sfw/bin. Does anyone know when that first started? I do not believe that
was a new thing in Solaris 10, but perhaps it was.

I'm looking to put a note in a script, telling people where they might find gnu
tar and gnu make on their systems. If I know its in /usr/sfw/bin only on Solaris
10, then I'd do a test and suggest they look there only if they are running
Solaris 10.

/usr/gnu/bin/tar

on OpenSolaris 06/2009 seems to exist. Is a directory /usr/gnu quite a recent
thing or not?

dave

Andrew Gabriel

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Oct 28, 2009, 4:21:38 AM10/28/09

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In article <4ae7...@212.67.96.135>,

Dave <f...@coo.com> writes:
> I know some versions of Solaris ship with GNU versions of 'make' and 'tar' in
> /usr/sfw/bin. Does anyone know when that first started? I do not believe that
> was a new thing in Solaris 10, but perhaps it was.
>
> I'm looking to put a note in a script, telling people where they might find gnu
> tar and gnu make on their systems. If I know its in /usr/sfw/bin only on Solaris
> 10, then I'd do a test and suggest they look there only if they are running
> Solaris 10.

I don't have a Solaris 9 system to check, but I don't think
/usr/sfw existed on Solaris 9. [Certainty level not high though.]

> /usr/gnu/bin/tar
>
> on OpenSolaris 06/2009 seems to exist. Is a directory /usr/gnu quite a recent
> thing or not?
>
> dave

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Chris Ridd

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Oct 28, 2009, 4:48:13 AM10/28/09

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On 2009-10-28 08:21:38 +0000, and...@cucumber.demon.co.uk (Andrew
Gabriel) said:

> In article <4ae7...@212.67.96.135>,
> Dave <f...@coo.com> writes:
>> I know some versions of Solaris ship with GNU versions of 'make' and 'tar' in
>> /usr/sfw/bin. Does anyone know when that first started? I do not believe that
>> was a new thing in Solaris 10, but perhaps it was.
>>
>> I'm looking to put a note in a script, telling people where they might find gnu
>> tar and gnu make on their systems. If I know its in /usr/sfw/bin only
>> on Solaris
>> 10, then I'd do a test and suggest they look there only if they are running
>> Solaris 10.
>
> I don't have a Solaris 9 system to check, but I don't think
> /usr/sfw existed on Solaris 9. [Certainty level not high though.]

Solaris 8 doesn't have /usr/sfw. I think it came in Solaris 10.

>> /usr/gnu/bin/tar
>>
>> on OpenSolaris 06/2009 seems to exist. Is a directory /usr/gnu quite a recent
>> thing or not?

This is a feature of OpenSolaris. The default PATH puts /usr/gnu/bin in
front of /usr/bin, to the delight of some and dismay of others.

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Martin Paul

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Oct 28, 2009, 5:20:59 AM10/28/09

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Dave wrote:
> I know some versions of Solaris ship with GNU versions of 'make' and
> 'tar' in /usr/sfw/bin. Does anyone know when that first started? I do
> not believe that was a new thing in Solaris 10, but perhaps it was.

Checked my notes: /usr/sfw/ appeared in Solaris 9 FCS, and had SUNWgtar,
but not SUNWgmake. The latter was added in Solaris 10 FCS.

Martin.
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Dave

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Oct 28, 2009, 7:36:33 AM10/28/09

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Martin Paul wrote:
> Dave wrote:
>> I know some versions of Solaris ship with GNU versions of 'make' and
>> 'tar' in /usr/sfw/bin. Does anyone know when that first started? I do
>> not believe that was a new thing in Solaris 10, but perhaps it was.
>
> Checked my notes: /usr/sfw/ appeared in Solaris 9 FCS, and had SUNWgtar,
> but not SUNWgmake. The latter was added in Solaris 10 FCS.
>
> Martin.

Thank you everyone. I'll stick an appropriate message only on Solaris 10 in that
case.