On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 23:17:37 -0800, Hans Reiser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:

> currently it installs mkfs.reiser4 and such in /usr/local/sbin This is
> not found by default paths for most roots, and seems unlikely to be
> where I would want it to go if I was sysadmin....  I would never
> install mkfs.anything unless I wanted it in /sbin.....  but then I am
> not a professional....

> What do the sysadmins on the list think?

I am not a sysadmin, but I would think that anyone who's smart enough to
compile from source is also smart enough to add /usr/lecal/sbin to their
path, or override the defaults.

Also, the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS) wants locally-build
software to go into /usr/local.

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