Re: FHS 2.2/LSB spec consistency

[Stuart Anderson <anderson@metrolink.com>]

On Thu, 24 May 2001, Chris Yeoh wrote:

> The FHS 2.2 specification requires the following commands but which
> are not mentioned in the commands section of the LSB spec:
> 
> dmesg
> login
> shutdown
> 
> It seems a bit odd to me for us to require certain programs but not
> specify usage or behaviour. Any objections to these being added?

Either add them, or add a statement explicetly excluding them from the LSB
(without saying that they must not exist).


                                Stuart

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