Re: /usr/dict/ -> /usr/share/dict/ request (bug #110632)
Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes:
> Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>> 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.
>
> the FHS says /usr/share/dict not /usr/dict. end of story.
I still see nothing prohibiting a few symlinks in the aid of backwards
compatibility. You are continuing to post your personal opinion,
rather than anything based on the text of the standard.
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