RFC: coreutils uses program-prefix=g by default

[js]

Hi Rainer.
Thanks for your quick reply.

On Dec 22, 2007 9:41 PM, Rainer Müller <raimue at macports.org> wrote:
> js wrote:
> [...]
> > Yes, I can easily avoid this by "port edit corefiles" and drop "program-prefix"
> > but I thought if most of the MacPorts users wouldn't want "g",
> > it might be better to fix this portfile.
>
> No need to edit it manually, use
>   port install coreutils +with_default_names
> This will install the binaries with the default names, i.e. without the
> prefix "g".

didn't notice that...
Good to know, thanks!

> > So let me ask this, "Do you like to have gls, guniq in your /opt/local/bin?
> > Is there any case that removing "g" prefix causes any problems?
>
> I think they are by default off because you expect ls from BSD and not
> from GNU on Mac OS X by default. It might break other shell scripts.

I doubt it.
I think almost all scripts starts with "#!/bin/bla" or "#!/usr/bin/bla"
so installing  GNUs in /opt/local/bin will not break anything,
if you don't run a script like "sh somescript.sh" or "awk -f somescript.awk"