Re: location of binaries and libraries of new wifi tools

[Daniel Mierswa <impulze@impulze.org>]

On 07.02.2009 05:41, Dan Williams wrote:
> Stuff in /bin or /sbin can certainly link to stuff in /usr without
> breaking.  The only time it breaks is when you're using network
> mounted /usr and you need the wireless stack to boot the machine and
> mount /usr.  But then you have to ask yourself, why are you using a
> network mounted /usr over wifi?  That seems odd.  Somebody turns on a
> microwave or starts to use a cordless phone and you're hosed.
Right, point taken. But why should there be a non-working binary in
/sbin if you don't have /usr mounted. Couldn't we just stick all the
tools in /usr/{s,}bin then?


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Mierswa, Daniel

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