Re: [RFC/PATCH] Use compatibility regex library for OSX/Darwin

From: Boyd Lynn Gerber <gerberb@zenez.com>
Date: Sep 17, 2008, 00:38 UTC
Message-ID: <alpine.LNX.1.10.0809161824470.17105@suse104.zenez.com>
In-Reply-To: <a4X38z5PMKaSj4KeLKBBqWb9elMD_Pp1n1eMqdmujRqMrr9xtvQAfA@cipher.nrlssc.navy.mil>

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008, Brandon Casey wrote:

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> Boyd Lynn Gerber wrote:
>> If I use gdiff or make gnu diff and put it in /usr/local/bin/ and change
>> the path to have /usr/local/bin first it does not fail/.
>>
>> I have a /usr/gnu/bin/... where I have gdiff linked to diff.
>
> You must have done something like this in the past when you were testing 
> previous versions since the test_cmp variable has not changed.
>
> So, for future reference either have a diff that understands '-u' in 
> your path, or set the test_cmp environment variable.

I had customized things so that any GNU util used gutil_name. This is the easiest way for me to distinguish between Native utils and GNU utils.

Is there an easy way to have git use gcommand_name instead of command_name? I changed the path to run the git test, but not all my clients will allow be to have the gnu named command instead of the native command. There programs require the non GNU functionality. That is why I create a /usr/gnu/ with all the GNU stuff available for my use, but having to change paths back and forth just to run git is a pain when build/trouble shooting customer aplications.

Thanks,

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