*- On 8 Jul, Sami Dalouche wrote about "Linux Hierarchy" > In the FSSTND, section 4.5, it's said :
Actually Debian is moving towards FSH and not FSSTND. > > It is not recommended for /usr/etc to contain symbolic links that point > to files in /etc. This is unnecessary and interferes with local control > on machines that share a /usr directory. > > And on my machine, /usr/etc/mc.global is a symlink to /etc/mc/mc.global. > Is it really necessary ? > Hmmm. FSH doesn't list /usr/etc as an acceptable directory. Either way this looks bad to me. > They said also : > > /usr/include/asm Symlink to /usr/src/linux/include/asm-<arch> > > and my /usr/include/asm is a directory with regular files. > > It's the same for /usr/include/linux which should be a symlink to > /usr/src/linux/include/linux > FHS does not have these requirements. Debian has a long history of doing it differently. They prefer to have a stable set of kernel headers in these directories as apposed to a moving target of the latest kernel headers which may break the system. See /usr/doc/libc6-dev/FAQ.Debian.gz and http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-user-9702/msg00686.html > Are this some bugs ?? Maybe the /usr/etc one is once the FHS has been formally adopted by Debian. > I don't think but why not being FSSTND compliant ? See above. -- Brian --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mechanical Engineering [EMAIL PROTECTED] Purdue University http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis ---------------------------------------------------------------------
