Diego Petten - Latest comments on emerge userland-gnu

In response to: emerge userland-gnu

Diego Petten [Member] — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:48:37 +0000

It's not a way to make it "look like Linux", first because they are GNU and not Linux tools, second because it doesn't change the essence, is just a way to let users feel more "at home" while using the system interactively.

The reason to not do this trick for root, is just that a lot of BSD scripts rely on having BSD tools and not GNU tools, and would break on such a trick.

BTW I was already able to have it working right... just needed two patches to tar and coreutils.

In response to: emerge userland-gnu

Ivan Yosifov [Visitor] — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 17:40:54 +0000

Hmm... maybe you should let BSD be BSD. If you install a BSD then put on *tons* of makeup to make it look like Linux, I think you should go use the Real Thing (TM).

Also, what is the problem with doing this little trick for root ?

In response to: emerge userland-gnu

Hasan Khalil [Visitor] — Wed, 03 Aug 2005 16:48:24 +0000

Please keep the Gentoo for Mac OS X team posted on this! We may be able to work together on this one...