[6286] in SIPB bug reports
@sys dependencies in Mosaic startup script
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Whitson)
Mon Feb 3 23:58:59 1997
Date: Mon, 3 Feb 97 23:58:51 -0500
From: Michael Whitson <mwhitson@MIT.EDU>
To: bug-sipb@MIT.EDU
Cc: mwhitson@MIT.EDU
/mit/sipb/arch/common/bin/Mosaic contains two literal occurrences of
the string "@sys". The lockers(7) manpage states:
Note also that the string "@sys" should never be used literally, except
in convenience symlinks described below; the string "$ATHENA_SYS" should
be used instead.
...
The ATHENA_SYS environment variable is used lieu of the AFS string @sys.
In all cases, it should be equal to what @sys resolves to for any par-
ticular platform. So in shell scripts, makefiles, etc., one should never
attempt to find one's libraries with a string such as "arch/@sys/lib"
but rather "arch/$ATHENA_SYS/lib." It is usually preferable to use ath-
dir, however.
-wrong mike
