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On Wednesday, 7 August 2019 12:48:08 BST Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> On Wed, 07 Aug 2019 11:58:52 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > > Actually, it combines them all into one. The second link is to bin, |
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> > > not /bin. It's a relative link from /usr/sbin so this would put |
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> > > everything in /usr/bin. |
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> > Yep! It sounds like an amazing idea! I vote we rename it $WINDOWS/ |
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> As opposed to splitting binaries across four directories based on |
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> arbitrary decisions made in the last century? :P |
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LOL! You're missing the most important part: across different fs and |
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partition layouts. |
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Look, the pyramids were built before the last century, but that doesn't mean |
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we should try to balance them upside down if they work fine as they are. |
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Clearly different use cases have different requirements and correspondingly |
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different optimal solutions. Can I please keep my bin/sbin directories |
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separate and ditto for /usr and its subbies? :-) |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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