Re: Could `gnulib-tool` check for gjoin?

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Reuben,

> Now that gnulib checks that `join` is working, could it also try `gjoin` as
> a fallback, in the same way that other tools are searched for with a `g`
> prefix, e.g. `glibtoolize` and `gxargs`?

It could. But the gnulib-tool user (a developer) can just as well create
a symlink join -> gjoin.

The habit of installing GNU coreutils with --program-prefix=g was common
on OSes like Solaris and *BSD, when people wanted to do serious development
on these platforms. But nowadays, why would anyone choose to do their
development on Solaris or OpenBSD, rather than in a GNU system? I don't
think many do. And they can create symlinks.

Bruno