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| From: | Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-dev@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: add global USE flag 'split-sbin' | ||
| Date: | Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:17:24 | ||
| Message-Id: | w6glftkd2zu.fsf@kph.uni-mainz.de | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: add global USE flag 'split-sbin' by William Hubbs |
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| 1 | >>>>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2019, William Hubbs wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > Back in the day, the s in /sbin and /usr/sbin meant static, not super |
| 4 | > user. All binaries in those directories were statically linked. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Where have you found that statement? The "s" stands for "system", |
| 7 | not for "static". See for example [1]. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Traditionally, these programs used to be in /etc (!), and were moved |
| 10 | to /sbin later. For example, documentation of V7 Unix [2] says that |
| 11 | "dangerous maintenance utilities" live in /etc (and doesn't mention |
| 12 | /sbin at all). |
| 13 | |
| 14 | Somewhat later, in 4.3BSD NET/2 these system binaries are in /sbin: |
| 15 | "system programs and administration utilities fundamental to both |
| 16 | single-user and multi-user environments" [3]. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | |
| 19 | [1] https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch03s16.html |
| 20 | [2] https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=Unix+Seventh+Edition&arch=default&format=html |
| 21 | [3] https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=4.3BSD+NET%2F2&arch=default&format=html |
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| Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: add global USE flag 'split-sbin' | William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> |