Re: [Gnewsense-dev] GNU project preference?

[Robert Millan]

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 09:47:28AM +0200, Simon Josefsson wrote:
> Some of the default tools in gNewSense are non-GNU projects, even though
> a GNU-project exists that implements the same tool.  Wouldn't it be nice
> if gNewSense preferred the GNU tools when possible?
> 
> For example:
> 
> * /usr/bin/telnet - this is NetKit but GNU InetUtils exists
> * /usr/bin/ftp - this is NetKit but GNU InetUtils exists
> * /bin/ping - this is NetKit but GNU InetUtils exists

I'm making those the default.  Will be effective next time we resync with
the bazaar repo.

> * /bin/sh - this is dash but GNU Bash exists

Bash and dash serve different purposes.  Bash aims to have lots of useful
features and dash aims to implement the minimum required by POSIX.

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Robert Millan

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