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Bug#847140: marked as done (xdm: should install exececutable in /usr/sbin)

Your message dated Mon, 8 Dec 2025 22:28:00 -0500
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and subject line Re: xdm: should install exececutable in /usr/sbin
has caused the Debian Bug report #847140,
regarding xdm: should install exececutable in /usr/sbin
to be marked as done.

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--- Begin Message --- 
Package: xdm
Version: 1:1.1.11-3
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

Binaries should be in the sbin, not the plain bin, directory when only root
wants to run them.

For instance:

    $ xdm
    Only root wants to run xdm
    $ echo $?
    1

Thanks!

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (400, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386

Kernel: Linux 4.8.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE= (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)

Versions of packages xdm depends on:
ii  cpp                    4:6.2.1-1
ii  debconf [debconf-2.0]  1.5.59
ii  libc6                  2.24-7
ii  libpam0g               1.1.8-3.3
ii  libselinux1            2.6-3
ii  libx11-6               2:1.6.3-1
ii  libxau6                1:1.0.8-1
ii  libxaw7                2:1.0.13-1
ii  libxdmcp6              1:1.1.2-1.1
ii  libxext6               2:1.3.3-1
ii  libxft2                2.3.2-1
ii  libxinerama1           2:1.1.3-1+b1
ii  libxmu6                2:1.1.2-2
ii  libxpm4                1:3.5.11-1+b1
ii  libxrender1            1:0.9.9-2
ii  libxt6                 1:1.1.5-1
ii  lsb-base               9.20161125
ii  procps                 2:3.3.12-3
ii  x11-utils              7.7+3
ii  x11-xserver-utils      7.7+7

xdm recommends no packages.

xdm suggests no packages.

-- debconf information excluded

--- End Message ---
--- Begin Message --- 
tags 847140 + wontfix
thanks

On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 17:20:01 -0500 Robbie Harwood <rharwood@club.cc.cmu.edu> wrote:

Package: xdm
Version: 1:1.1.11-3
Severity: normal

Dear Maintainer,

Binaries should be in the sbin, not the plain bin, directory when only root
wants to run them.

For instance:

    $ xdm
    Only root wants to run xdm
    $ echo $?
    1

Thanks!

* Unfortunately while this claim might be useful 10 years ago, the placement of
xdm binary will unlikely be changed given upstream stalling development condition.

* Furthermore, moving it to /usr/sbin/ from /usr/bin/ will likely trigger too
many unexpected breakages and cross-distribution incompatibilities
(Note: all other Linux distros are all using /usr/bin/ for xdm).

* Besides, using /usr/sbin/ is not in line with the (broadly-speaking,
not narrowly-defined) usr-merge effort.

As a result, I am tagging this bug as wontfix, and closing this bug report.

Best Regards,
Boyuan yang

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