Re: mkfs and fsck in /sbin
Robert Millan <zeratul2@wanadoo.es> writes:
> On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 01:57:31PM -0500, Richard Kreuter wrote:
> >
> > Also, unfortunately, at the moment, the body of FHS requires mkfs,
> > fsck, et al. in /sbin, if these files exist on a system (section
> > 3.14.2), so Debian GNU/Hurd may need to provide these files here.
>
> And the second paragraph of 3.10 says:
>
> "If a normal [..] user will ever run it directly, then it should be placed
> in one of the "bin" directories."
>
> So the FHS is basicaly contradicting itself. I call that a bug :)
FHS assumes that it knows for particular programs whether they are
useful for ordinary users. It makes the best guess it can, but it
needs to say something, because there are important cases where
hardcoded paths need to be supported, and that's the purpose of FHS.
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