On 2012-08-08 14:38:44 +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > "Normal" users do not need to know or care about these tools.
For some of them, they do. "Normal" users don't need most programs installed in /usr/bin, so let's split this directory? :) > Only admins use them, or tools that set things up on behalf of the > user. Having them in the default path serves no purpose other than a > minor convenience to a minority of users. This is also true for most programs in /usr/bin. > The number of times I've wished e.g. blkid was in my path is... > zero. Having these immediately accessible to all users isn't > strictly bad, but may cause confusion and just pollutes the > namespace for tab completion etc. Programs in /usr/bin also pollute the namespace for tab completion. Anyway, if you don't like that, get a better shell. For instance, some executables could be specifically ignored for tab completion (possible until you use them for the first time). Note: there are 3351 files in my /usr/bin, vs 354 for /usr/sbin and 212 for /sbin, so that adding /usr/sbin and /sbin to $PATH wouldn't change much. What would need to be improved is the completion system, based on what the user really uses. -- Vincent Lefèvre <vinc...@vinc17.net> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <http://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120808135732.gb25...@xvii.vinc17.org