On Tue, 17 May 2011 19:14:27 +1000, Karl Goetz <[email protected]> wrote:
> The current wording says bash must exist, so i guess this wasn't such
> an issue (bash has printf as a builtin).
> There is a bug about changing to reference posix instead of specifying
> bash, perhaps this could be added as a prerequisite for that change.
a) Making bash a requirement should be dropped anyway.
b) Does it say bash needs to be installed, or does it say /bin/sh needs to
be bash?
c) In any case: As printf might be called with full path,.. it should be
required IMHO.

It's not that big deal anyway, is it? I mean one more small binary...


> minor comments here:
> as /root is defined as optional, i'd say its implicitly not required.
> /var/run is going to become /run (don't know if that affects your
> comment or not)
Yes I knew about these... I'd just like to have one central place where
all this is clearly stated, i.e. what can/must be expected to be avialable
when (if at all).


> If i was proposing changes I would rather suggest change the wording to
> specify filesystem*s* (rather then the current filesystem) to allow the
> practise of (for example) using /mnt/sdc4 /mnt/sdb3 to rsync data
> between during recoveries.

But this would already open up the abuse from applications as the CG stuff
I've mentioned before.
I'd simply say it is intended to be a single temporary mountpoint to be
handled by the admin (and especially not used by any programs).
If the admin now decides to makes subdirs, than this is up to him.



> We can't know which filesystems this is in advance.
That's why I say,.. put it completely in the hands of the distros.


> there are bugs about X11R6 and the */games directories, are there other
> locations to look for?
No I guess that's it.... IIRC there were also some /*/X11 dirs.
Maybe one could also drop this.


Chris.
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