id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,resolution,keywords,cc,fix_version,see_also 1526,"consider adding a ""common"" or ""share"" sysname",kaduk,,"boojum notes in email that these days, lots of lockers only have perl/shell scripts, with no compiled (i.e., arch-dependent) executables at all. The current state of the art involves giant symlink farms to get things working on all platforms, but we should be able to do better. """""" I know add falls back to directories corresponding to earlier versions, so you don't have to have every single thing listed, but it would be nice if it would fall back to some non-platform specific directory (""common""?) at the end, to avoid the whole ""must supply a dozen different ways to reach the same platform-independent program"" mess. """"""",enhancement,new,normal,The Distant Future,--,,,,,