Re: Why LSB filesystem layout is bad, part 1 ... / was: Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Proposal to remove /usr/sfwanditsdependencies from the bas

2006-04-24 Thread Joerg Schilling
Roland Mainz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Both LSB and Solaris approaches are broken, just in different ways ;-) > > > > Have a look at the PATH and MANPATH manipulation methods used on HP-UX. > > Do you have any examples around (or URLs to read) ? Well, I did not find the right things, and

Re: Why LSB filesystem layout is bad,part 1 ... / was: Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Proposal to remove /usr/sfwanditsdependencies from the bas

2006-04-24 Thread Joerg Schilling
Roland Mainz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > By definition /usr/bin/ should only contain the minimum set of > executables for a system in networked multiuser mode (run level 3). What you write herer was true for systems that have a real /bin/ Originlly, all official UNIX programs have been in /bin

Re: Why LSB filesystem layout is bad, part 1 ... / was: Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Proposal to remove /usr/sfwanditsdependencies from the bas

2006-04-09 Thread Roland Mainz
Joerg Schilling wrote: > Chris Ricker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1000s of programs in /usr/bin sucks, but it does offer two benefits over > > the Solaris "shove everything in a different obscure dir" style: > > > > > 1. not have the one they want in their $PATH > > 2. have the one they w

Re: Why LSB filesystem layout is bad, part 1 ... / was: Re:[osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Proposal to remove /usr/sfwanditsdependencies from the bas

2006-04-09 Thread Roland Mainz
Erast Benson wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 15:36 -0500, Chris Ricker wrote: > > On Fri, 31 Mar 2006, Roland Mainz wrote: > > > My personal complaint is that they stuff everything into /usr/bin/. Unix > > > had some kind of "namespace" support via the elements in ${PATH} so > > > having package gro

Re: Why LSB filesystem layout is bad,part 1 ... / was: Re: [osol-discuss] Re: Re: Re: Proposal to remove /usr/sfwanditsdependencies from the bas

2006-04-09 Thread Roland Mainz
Martin Man wrote: > Roland Mainz wrote: > > Martin Man wrote: > >> David J. Orman wrote: > Alan Coopersmith wrote: > > Dennis Clarke wrote: > > > >> Was there a document at some point in history ( this is UNIX and it > >> has tons of history ) called the FSSTD or was it FHS ? >