From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Cc: walt <wa1ter@myrealbox.com>, git@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Does git belong in root's $PATH?
Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:39:40 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <43C05F4C.8050908@zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <43C05ED5.1090603@op5.se>
Andreas Ericsson wrote:
>
> I've been told that it's '/usr' simply because that's where user
> interface tools that have nothing to do with boot-strapping resides. A
> point emphasized by the fact that /bin, /sbin and /lib must not reside
> on network-mounted media, while /usr may.
>
> It seems so logical I never bothered to look in to find out for myself
> though, so I may well be wrong, or at least younger. ;)
>
/usr used to be what is now called /home. What you're describing above
is the current usage.
-hpa
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-01-08 0:40 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-01-07 17:21 Does git belong in root's $PATH? walt
2006-01-07 18:03 ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-01-07 20:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-01-08 0:37 ` Andreas Ericsson
2006-01-08 0:39 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2006-01-08 1:22 ` walt
2006-01-08 3:00 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-01-07 18:31 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-01-07 20:49 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-01-07 23:01 ` Sam Ravnborg
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