Re: [PATCH] hier.7: Updating from FHS 2.3 to 3.0

["Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)" <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>]

Hi Thomas,

On 5/18/20 8:07 PM, Thomas Piekarski wrote:
> Adding description of new directories (/run, /usr/libexec,
> /usr/share/color,/usr/share/ppd, /var/lib/color), stating
> /usr/X11R6 as obsolete and updating URL to and version of
> FHS.
> 
> See https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=206693
> 
> Reported-by: Gary Perkins <glperkins@lit.edu>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Piekarski <t.piekarski@deloquencia.de>

The patch looks good overall, though I have not checked the details
in FHS 3.0. Are the changes in the patch the sum total of the
differences between FHS 2.3 and 3.0?

Thanks,

Michael

> ---
> 
> man7/hier.7 | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
>   1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/man7/hier.7 b/man7/hier.7
> index dab9483d7..03fe61c71 100644
> --- a/man7/hier.7
> +++ b/man7/hier.7
> @@ -161,6 +161,12 @@ This pseudo-filesystem is described in more detail in
>   .I /root
>   This directory is usually the home directory for the root user (optional).
>   .TP
> +.I /run
> +This directory contains information which describes the system since it 
> was booted.
> +Once this purpose was served by
> +.IR /var/run
> +and programs may continue to use it.
> +.TP
>   .I /sbin
>   Like
>   .IR /bin ,
> @@ -186,7 +192,7 @@ It should hold only shareable, read-only data, so 
> that it can be mounted
>   by various machines running Linux.
>   .TP
>   .I /usr/X11R6
> -The X\-Window system, version 11 release 6 (optional).
> +The X\-Window system, version 11 release 6 (obsolete since FHS 3.0).
>   .TP
>   .I /usr/X11R6/bin
>   Binaries which belong to the X\-Window system; often, there is a
> @@ -296,6 +302,10 @@ which usually are not invoked directly.
>   More complicated programs may
>   have whole subdirectories there.
>   .TP
> +.I /usr/libexec
> +Directory contains binaries for internal use only and they are not meant
> +to be executed directly by users shell or scripts.
> +.TP
>   .I /usr/lib<qual>
>   These directories are variants of
>   .I /usr/lib
> @@ -385,6 +395,10 @@ or
>   or
>   .IR /usr/man .
>   .TP
> +.I /usr/share/color
> +Contains color management information, like International Color 
> Consortium (ICC)
> +Color profiles (optional).
> +.TP
>   .I /usr/share/dict
>   Contains the word lists used by spell checkers (optional).
>   .TP
> @@ -421,6 +435,9 @@ same OS.
>   .I /usr/share/nls
>   The message catalogs for native language support go here (optional).
>   .TP
> +.I /usr/share/ppd
> +Postscript Printer Definition (PPD) files (optional).
> +.TP
>   .I /usr/share/sgml
>   Files for SGML (optional).
>   .TP
> @@ -523,6 +540,9 @@ Variable game data (optional).
>   .I /var/lib
>   Variable state information for programs.
>   .TP
> +.I /var/lib/color
> +Variable files containing color management information (optional).
> +.TP
>   .I /var/lib/hwclock
>   State directory for hwclock (optional).
>   .TP
> @@ -635,11 +655,11 @@ this directory holds temporary files stored for an 
> unspecified duration.
>   Database files for NIS,
>   formerly known as the Sun Yellow Pages (YP).
>   .SH CONFORMING TO
> -The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard, Version 2.3
> -.UR http://www.pathname.com\:/fhs/
> +The Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), Version 3.0, published March 
> 19, 2015
> +.UR https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/fhs.shtml
>   .UE .
>   .SH BUGS
> -This list is not exhaustive; different systems may be configured
> +This list is not exhaustive; different distributions and systems may be 
> configured
>   differently.
>   .SH SEE ALSO
>   .BR find (1),
> 


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