Re: dpkg Guidelines ... suggestions

[Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>]

torin@daft.com writes ("Re: dpkg Guidelines ... suggestions"):
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> There is a bit of a problem with this.  /bin/perl is currently symbolic
> link that points to /usr/bin/perl.  If /usr isn't mounted, /bin/perl
> won't do you any good.  I don't install this, I think it comes from the
> base packages.  I don't really think that perl belongs in /bin but if
> someone like Bruce or Ian tells me to, I'll move it so that /bin is it's
> primary resting place with a symlink on /usr/bin.

Sigh, did we come to a conclusion about whether Perl needs to be on
the root fs ?  ISTR that the dominant answer was `no' ...

Ian.