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



Herbert Xu writes:
> Richard Kettlewell <rjk@greenend.org.uk> wrote:

>> However, I thought the argument was "get traceroute in the right
>> place", not "get traceroute in the right place and definitely don't
>> change anything else at all".
> 
> Well, I've repeatedly pointed out that this rule entails moving
> things like sendmail.  Is this something that you would agree with?
> If so, then I rest my case.  If not, then this rule is simply broken
> and it makes no sense to move even one binary for it.

Yes, the same reading of the FHS implies that sendmail etc should be
available via /usr/bin (or /bin where appropriate) as well.

(The requirement for a link is stronger in the Sendmail case, of
course.)

ttfn/rjk



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