On 08/08/12 04:15, Russ Allbery wrote: >> Currently the default PATH for Debian does not include /sbin, /usr/sbin, >> nor /usr/local/sbin. If an user wants to run a program in either /sbin/ >> or /usr/sbin the full path must be specified. > > I don't see any point in doing this as opposed to just moving everything > from sbin into bin and making sbin a symlink to bin. If we're going to > add them both to the PATH, that means there's no longer any effective > difference, and we should make that explicit.
A similar solution was discussed some time ago by merging all the /bin and /sbin
directories together (based on the UsrMove from Fedora) but the discussion
wasn't
really productive iirc.
Changing only the PATH is also less intrusive compared to merging /{s,}bin and
/usr/{s,}bin. But if there is a consent for it, sure let's merge the
directories.
Ulrich
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