SFW: Integrating coreutils and which variants

Last night, I finished up another task, in an attempt to reduce my current multitasking factor: I integrated initial versions of coreutils and which from the GNU Project into the Freeware consolidation. As a lower priority task, it took longer than a more dedicated developer might have managed, but it's reasonably pleasing to look back:

• initial idea, in case form, proposed and repeatedly revised on companion-discuss,

• draft fast track circulated on sfwnv-discuss,

• fast tracks for /usr/gnu, coreutils, and which submitted as open PSARC fast track cases,

• preliminary, intermediate, and final code reviews on sfwnv-discuss, and,

• finally, an integration message to sfwnv-discuss.

There's still a bunch of process associated with SFW that requires redesign—legal review and Section 508 compliance, in particular—but I think, barring the latent intervals, this sequence was a reasonable consensus-driven open development experience.

If you look at other opensolaris.org mailing lists during June – November and February – April, you'll be able to verify that I was indeed working—just on other things, and not just surfing the Web...

Of course, now that I know that these commands will start to show up more widely when Build 67 is released, I can update my dotfiles, so I get the versions I prefer:

$ svn diff
Index: sh-functions
===================================================================
--- sh-functions        (revision 91)
+++ sh-functions        (working copy)
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
                        PATH=$HOME/bin:$HOME/bin/$(/usr/bin/uname -p):$PATH
                        MANPATH=$HOME/man:$MANPATH
                        ;;
+               gnu)    # PREPEND: Bundled GNU command variants
+                       PATH=/usr/gnu/bin:$PATH
+                       MANPATH=/usr/gnu/share/man:$PATH
+                       ;;
Index: bashrc
===================================================================
--- bashrc      (revision 91)
+++ bashrc      (working copy)
@@ -49,8 +49,12 @@
        path clear home sfw csw
 fi

-if hash gls > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-       alias ls="gls --color -CF"
+if [ -x /usr/gnu/bin/ls ]; then
+       alias ls="/usr/gnu/bin/ls --color -CF"
 fi

+if [ -x /usr/gnu/bin/which ]; then
+       alias which="/usr/gnu/bin/which"
+fi
+
 export CDPATH=$MACHINE_CDPATH_PRE:$HOME/projects:$HOME:$MACHINE_CDPATH_POST

If you're using a distribution that offers SUNWgnu-coreutils, SUNWgnu-which, and the other /usr/gnu packages, do share your feedback with the maintainers on sfwnv-discuss—or become one and pick your favourite package.

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