Re: traceroute in /usr/bin, not /usr/sbin
On Thu, 14 Jun 2001, Craig Sanders wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 13, 2001 at 11:45:52PM -0700, Ben Gertzfield wrote:
> > >>>>> "Brian" == Brian Russo <brusso@phys.hawaii.edu> writes:
> >
> > Brian> i'm inclined to just close this bug, especially since it
> > Brian> was normal and not wishlist.. you can say the same of many
> > Brian> things, "mount is useful to users when user option is set "
> > Brian> etc, all the user has to do is modify his $PATH.
> >
> > Move it to /usr/bin . From the FHS v2.2:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > traceroute is not used 'exclusively by the system administrator', nor
> > is it needed for bootup, so it must go in /usr/bin. Pretty simple.
>
> how many times do we have to repeat this same stupid argument?
>
> traceroute must stay in /usr/sbin because moving it will break local
> scripts that depend on it being exactly where it has been for the last
> 5+ years.
That's the sorriest excuse for, well, an excuse I've ever seen.
ever since I used Debian, I've been wondering why traceroute is in
/usr/sbin instead of /usr/bin. I happily accept that some local scripts
will depend on it being in that place, but either symlinking or making a
script that outputs an error like above (or perhaps both, symlinking +
debconf note first, errormessage after a few months) should fix that.
traceroute does not belong in an sbin directory. That should do it.
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