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Re: traceroute in /usr/bin, not /usr/sbin



Richard Kettlewell <rjk+news@sfere.greenend.org.uk> wrote:

>> Let me repeat this, if you want to argue that traceroute should be
>> moved on the grounds of FHS compliance, then you must move all the
>> other utilities that fall under it, that is, most things in /sbin
>> and /usr/sbin.

> This seems to be claiming that no bug may be fixed unless all bugs are
> fixed.  I think that's a terrible principle to adopt.

You missed the point.  The fact that nobody is following that rule suggests
to me that this rule may be removed/revised in a future revision of the FHS.
Thus blindly following it at the moment is probably a foolish thing.
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