Re: tr portability

[Eric Blake]

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According to Ralf Wildenhues on 10/5/2008 5:31 AM:

Hi Ralf,

>>
>> On Solaris, don't put @code{/usr/ucb} early in your PATH.  @code{/usr/ucb}
>> contains several dysfunctional programs; working variants of these programs
>> are available in @code{/usr/bin}.  So, if you need @code{/usr/ucb} in your
>> PATH, put it @emph{after} @code{/usr/bin}.
> 
> We never applied that, but we do recommend against several individual
> utilities from that directory in the shell portability section.  So I
> think a warning for the end user is useful, too.

Thanks for revisiting this old suggestion.  Along the line of Andreas'
comment, how about this?  At which point, yes, please push.

+On Solaris, don't put @code{/usr/ucb} early in your PATH.  This
+directory contains several dysfunctional programs; working variants
+of these programs are available in @code{/usr/bin}.  So, if you need
address@hidden/usr/ucb} in your PATH, put it @emph{after} @code{/usr/bin}.

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Eric Blake             address@hidden
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