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On 07/18/2012 04:10 AM, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Tue, 17 Jul 2012 23:54:16 -0400 |
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> Richard Yao <ryao@g.o> wrote: |
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>> On 07/17/2012 07:07 PM, Olivier Crête wrote: |
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>>> On Tue, 2012-07-17 at 18:41 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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>>>> If somebody really is pushing for an all-out /usr move by all means |
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>>>> speak up, but I think that basically what everybody is advocating |
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>>>> is trying to follow upstream for individual packages. |
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>>> As I've been saying for a while, doing a full merge |
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>>> of /bin, /sbin, /lib into /usr is probably unavoidable in the long |
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>>> term. We should be ready for it, and even try to do it |
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>>> progressively. As currently, the split is entirely arbitrary. |
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>>> Also be ready for a merge of /bin and /sbin.. I'm sure most people |
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>>> can't even explain the difference between them. |
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>>> |
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>> The difference is simple. You put stuff into /sbin when you do not |
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>> want regular users to be able to select it via tab completion by |
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>> default. |
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> Now put that definition into my cold logic brain. |
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That was meant as a joke, although the irony is that it is true. |
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