> > Yes, but I can't find a rationale for the /sbin directory. > > Maybe there isn't a good one. (It seems to exist (in the FHS, at > any rate) so that some commands will be out of the way for normal > users. Given the number of programs on a modern system, though, any > command the user doesn't already know about is out of the way, in the > sense that the user will only find it by chance.)
There used to be the idea that /sbin binaries should be statically linked to make recovery on a crippled system easier. The arguments against that are "bloat" and the existence of "recovery floppies". I found some old messages relating to it. http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2000/debian-devel-200008/msg01022.html http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2000/debian-devel-200008/msg01042.html -- Ian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ian Duggan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ianduggan.net _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
