Re: /usr/dict/ -> /usr/share/dict/ request (bug #110632)

[Richard Kettlewell <rjk@terraraq.org.uk>]

Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
> Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>> Mikael Hedin <mikael.hedin@irf.se> writes:

>>> The directory /usr/dict cannot exist on a FHS compliant system,
>> 
>> Chapter and verse?  I see nothing prohibiting a few symlinks in the
>> aid of backwards compatibility.
> 
> that turns into a discusting mess very quickly.  just look at a
> solaris system sometime.

That's your personal opinion of symlinks, not a reference to the FHS.

(I await with interest your attempt to have /etc/alternatives and
/etc/rc*.d eliminated or de-symlinked...)

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