Re: proposal : remove hostname from coreutils

[Jim Meyering]

Gabriel Barazer <address@hidden> wrote:
> Another thought : Several tools from coreutils need to be installed in
> /bin according to the FHS. Is it planned to have an option like
> "--with-root-prefix=[DESTDIR]" to install these tools directly in
> [DESTDIR]/bin ? This would avoid manually moving the tools to their
> right place.

I have no plan to do that.
Most distro tools already handle it just fine.

> BTW, Is there already a date for release of coreutils-6.10 ?

No.  "Pretty soon" is a common refrain :-)