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From: "John Stoffel" <john@stoffel.org>
Subject: Re: [mdadm PATCH] mdopen: call "modprobe md_mod" if it might be
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Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 16:55:15 -0400
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>>>>> "Wols" == Wols Lists <antlists@youngman.org.uk> writes:

Wols> On 26/09/17 16:11, Jes Sorensen wrote:
>> I completely agree, I also think we shouldn't hardcode imposed layouts
>> unless there are very strong reasons for it. Someone may want to put
>> this into an initramfs or somewhere else and want to put it in a
>> different location.

Wols> Plus isn't /sbin deprecated?

LOL!  

Wols> Iirc (very debatable :-) the end goal of the FHS is to have a
Wols> read-only / with all executables in /bin. Okay it's going to
Wols> take a looonngg time to get there, but if I'm right hard-coding
Wols> already-deprecated standards isn't the best move.

Heh heh.

Wols> (Again, iirc :-) sbin stood for *static* binaries needed for
Wols> system recovery, so its original purpose has long been abused
Wols> ... :-)

I agree.  I more think of it as 'system binaries' myself.  Stuff
that's needed by the barebones system to just even run.

But others haven't asuaged my concerns, so I think we're ok.

John