Hi, On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 03:32:36PM +1100, Chris Gibson wrote: > I would raise a third possibility for discussion: > 3) that is moving all executables from /sbin to /bin then making /sbin > a symlink of /bin. This would prevent the breaking of all the scripts > which refer to /sbin/AppName directly, allow all users access to all > normally administration only applications (presuming this is desirable) > and would require no special Hurd specific modifications by the package > maintainers. It also presents a similar approach to that of symlinking > /usr to / > > I would put forward some arguments for maintaining the current location > and visibility of the /sbin executables: > a) Compatibility between UNIXs: Applications (scripts or binary > executables) written under Hurd which rely on applications being in the > PATH where on other UNIXs they are not, would not run directly on the > other UNIXs, making Hurd a bad development platform. > b) If Hurd is used as a learning tool then the more conformance to the > detail of FHS the better. I completely agree to your suggestion and all your points. Cheers, Emile. -- E-Advies / Emile van Bergen | emile@e-advies.info tel. +31 (0)70 3906153 | http://www.e-advies.info
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