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Re: BUG in LSB-FHS-TS_SPEC



Hi,

On Tue, May 16, Andrew Josey wrote:

> Thorsten
> Thanks for the bug reports. Did you check the ISSUES list.

No, i didn't know about this.

> These are problems in the underlying FHS spec.
> I attach the issues.txt file.

Content-Description: Text
> 
> FHS2.1 Issues List (Draft 1)
> ------------------------------
> Thu Apr 20 10:14:39 BST 2000
> 
> This file contains a list of possible issues with the FHS2.1 specification
> based on assessing test results.
> For each a specification reference and the associated test assertion
> are quoted together with some commentary.
> 
> We will need to assess where the problems lie, in the specification
> or in the test suite.
> 
> 
> Reference 3.4-3(A)
> If the implementation provides a C-shell
>      The implementation provides the file /etc/csh.login
> 
> Is this a mandatory requirement that all FHS compliant systems
> provide a default /etc/csh.login
> 
> Reference 3.4-4(A)
> The implementation provides the file /etc/disktab
> 
> We  understand that disktab is a BSD filesystem/partition related file.
> Is this meant to be /etc/fstab? or something else ?

/etc/disktab was a config file for mtools from the early days. It is not
in use since a long time. It contains the disk layout.

> Reference 3.4-10(A)
> The implementation provides the file /etc/confissue
> 
> Should this really be /etc/issue?

I think.

> 
> Reference 3.4-15(A)
> The implementation provides the file /etc/mtools
> 
> Should this be mtools.conf ?

Yes. But the question is, if the FHS is the right place to
defines this config files.
 
> Reference 3.4-21(A)
> The implementation provides the file /etc/ttytype
> 
> This appears to be Linux specific, at best it ought to be
> in the Linux annex, or perhaps removed.

/etc/ttytype is getty_ps specific.


  Thorsten

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