Re: /usr/sbin special?
On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 05:42:51PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> I'm in the process of creating a Debian package for the GNU Ada
> Environment Specification and the associated scripts (see
> http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/projects/ada/gnae.php).
>
> The New Maintainers' Guide mentions that that /usr/sbin is somewhat
> special (as it should not be used by your first package). Are there
> any criteria for programs which may/have to go to /usr/sbin?
>
Hoping not to open up the flamewar again: Any program which genuinely
requires root permissions to run can (should) be put there. Any
program which is not in any way useful to a normal (non-root) user
should be put there.
> On Debian, the program in question, 'adainstall', is only needed for
> creating Debian packages of Ada modules. It's similar to 'install',
> but it chooses the destination directory (under /usr/share/ada and
> /usr/lib/ada) based on the file extension and some flags specified on
> the command line.
That sounds a sensible candidate.
Jules
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