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Re: Path modification



On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 02:59:41PM -0500, Brian Mays wrote:
> 
> For MH, this *is* the ordinary way.  Furthermore, this way is supported
> by over 20 years of experience on many platforms, not just Debian or
> Linux.  The experience gained over these years suggests that it is best
> for the MH commands to reside in their own directory.

its even defined in the FHS, see section 4.2: /usr/bin. its the only bin
subdirectory defined by the fhs:

   "/usr/bin"
   mh
   X11
   "Binaries that are not needed in single-user mode"
   Commands for the MH mail handling system
   Symlink to /usr/X11R6/bin

-- 
Ethan Benson
http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/

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