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Why doesn't Apple just ship with standard GNU utils? They are the de facto standard. Having the need to compile all these basic stuff for any scripting to be
by celebril 12y ago
Why doesn't Apple just ship with standard GNU utils?
They are the de facto standard. Having the need to compile all these basic stuff for any scripting to be portable is a nightmare.
- Spiritus 12y agoI believe it's a licensing issue, could be completely wrong though.
- 13throwaway 12y agoApple has chosen not to ship any GPLv3 code.
- gkya 12y agoIf your well-beloved GNU coreutils did not breach every POSIX standard and add new flags to every program, no such problem would exist. Seriously, I do not know whether Mac OS is using a custom implementation of UNIX utilities, or distributin BSD coreutils, but I know that it is a licensed, certified UNIX.
- celebril 12y agoUNIX certification means nothing if the utils are intentionally outdated and incompatible with the de facto UNIX-like implementation due to petty licensing concerns. At the end of the day, whether some script works is the issue, not a UNIX branding.
- james2vegas 12y agoExcept Mac OS X is a de jure UNIX implementation, and concern about GPLv3 is not petty.