On Sat, Sep 01, 2001 at 02:19:39PM +0100, Richard Kettlewell wrote: > Ethan Benson <erbenson@alaska.net> writes: > > Richard Kettlewell wrote: > >> Mikael Hedin <mikael.hedin@irf.se> writes: > > >>> The directory /usr/dict cannot exist on a FHS compliant system, > >> > >> Chapter and verse? I see nothing prohibiting a few symlinks in the > >> aid of backwards compatibility. > > > > that turns into a discusting mess very quickly. just look at a > > solaris system sometime. > > That's your personal opinion of symlinks, not a reference to the FHS. the FHS says /usr/share/dict not /usr/dict. end of story. don't like it make your own damn symlink. > (I await with interest your attempt to have /etc/alternatives and > /etc/rc*.d eliminated or de-symlinked...) those have nothing to do with bassackwards compatibilty cruft. -- Ethan Benson http://www.alaska.net/~erbenson/
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