Steve O'Hara-Smith once wrote:
> On 27-Apr-99 Maxim Sobolev wrote:
> >> At a guess, it is there to ensure that when you boot single user,
> >> and have only /, you can still verify the integrety of other
> >> files...
> >
> > Why not to put it in /bin?
>
> I had always understood that sbin meant static binaries (ie:
> those that could be used even when /lib is hosed) and should contain
> the vital binaries for such situations. I have just failed to locate
> the documentation that has left me believing this so could somebody
> confirm (or deny) ?
There is no /lib on FreeBSD and none of the /bin/* (except for rmail) is
dynamicly linked. Both of this things are quite easy to find out without
any documentation, BTW :-)
-mi
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