On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 11:10:49PM +0000, Wilmer van der Gaast wrote: > Jeroen Dekkers@lists.debian-devel@Mon, 6 May 2002 14:33:20 +0200: > > But we didn't invent libexec. The BSDs have it too and I would not be > > surprised a lot of non-free Unix variants have it too. Only the FHS > > doesn't have it because they had no clue why it existed and ignored > > all existing systems which already has it.=20 > > > Hmmm... > > But we didn't invent /usr. The BSDs have it too and I would be surprised > if any Unix didn't have it. Only GNU (Hurd) doesn't have it because they > had no clue why it existed and ignored all existing systems which have > it already. GNU/Hurd has /usr. It's only a symlink *by default*, but that doesn't matter. The /usr directory was invented with a good reason. We throw it away with a good reason, we can do the things /usr was invented for better using shadowfs. > IOW, the fact that others have it too is not a reason that you should do > the same, I'd think. For compatibility, it is. Jeroen Dekkers -- Jabber supporter - http://www.jabber.org Jabber ID: jdekkers@jabber.org Debian GNU supporter - http://www.debian.org http://www.gnu.org IRC: jeroen@openprojects
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