Re: news item: Introduction of app-alternatives/coreutils

>>>>> On Fri, 20 Mar 2026, moltonel 3x Combo wrote:

> A new app-alternatives/coreutils ebuild is available, giving the
> choice between sys-apps/coreutils and sys-apps/uutils-coreutils as the
> main coreutils (mkdir, ls, etc) implementation. The default will
> remain the gnu implementation for the foreseeable future.

Maybe these are heretic questions, but:

1. What problem does this solve?

2. Why do we need app-alternatives here, instead of a simple virtual
   (plus a blocker)? I find renaming (e.g. gls, gcp) and symlinking
   of all standard tools incredibly ugly.

Ulrich

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