From owner-freebsd-current Fri Jun 21 17:03:03 1996 Return-Path: owner-current Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id RAA13024 for current-outgoing; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 17:03:03 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rocky.sri.MT.net (rocky.sri.MT.net [204.182.243.10]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id RAA13019; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 17:02:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from nate@localhost) by rocky.sri.MT.net (8.6.12/8.6.12) id SAA15123; Fri, 21 Jun 1996 18:02:47 -0600 Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 18:02:47 -0600 From: Nate Williams Message-Id: <199606220002.SAA15123@rocky.sri.MT.net> To: Poul-Henning Kamp Cc: Andreas Klemm , Jake Hamby , current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Way In-Reply-To: <28918.835400506@critter.tfs.com> References: <28918.835400506@critter.tfs.com> Sender: owner-current@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > >> > Generally I share your sight, but even SunSofts Solaris 2.x uses > >> > tk in the main system... > >> > >> Uh, no... Solaris uses Motif for installation, etc.. TCL and Tk are a > >> product of SunLabs, yes, but they haven't seen fit to include either into > >> Solaris (at least, not as of Solaris 2.5). > > > >Hmm, I thought, that many sysadmin tools were written in tk... > >admintool, swmtool ... Am I so wrong ??? > > no, you are right. No, he was wrong. I've got a Solaris 2.5 box sitting *right here*, and all of the tool program are binaries and have *NO* TK strings in them. Sun *does* support TCL in a very direct sense because they hired Dr. Ousterhout and he has a staff of 3-4 folks working for him, but as of Solaris 2.5 (the most recent release) there is *NO* trace of TK anywhere on the system. Nate