Re: make most files conffiles?
On Mon, Feb 23, 1998 at 10:52:52PM -0600, Zed Pobre wrote:
> > Besides, no admin should be changing files in /usr except in /usr/local.
>
> I would like to take exception to this. An admin should be changing
> whatever he feels is appropriate on his own system. He just shouldn't be
> bitching to "The OS Vendor" if he screws up his system by doing something
> that wasn't recommended.
Indeed; however Debian shouldn't make any particular attempt to accomodate
people who change /usr.
> Speaking of things in /bin, what's the reason for distributing shells
> such as tcsh and zsh only in /usr/bin?
To keep /bin small, mainly. We have one full-featured shell in there, how
many more do you need?
> seemed kind of odd. Also, what's the reason for leaving things like ls,
> ln, etc in /bin dynamically compiled?
It is unlikely that you will have access to /bin and not /lib: all the
libraries used by programs in /bin have to be in /lib.
If you screw up your libraries, the files to fix them are statically linked:
aziraphale:~>ldd /sbin/sln
statically linked (ELF)
aziraphale:~>ldd /sbin/ldconfig
statically linked (ELF)
(sln is the same as ln)
> > If you still want to change files see dpkg-divert, which is in the dpkg
> > package.
>
> Which might work for people creating home-rolled .deb files,
No, it works for local diversions too, indeed that is the default.
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