From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from eta-ori.net ([91.121.142.51]:42528 "EHLO orion.eta-ori.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753251AbZBGIPG (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Feb 2009 03:15:06 -0500 Received: from [IPv6:2001:6f8:10ae:0:217:31ff:fe81:8c8] (istari.kleinerfeigling.org [IPv6:2001:6f8:10ae:0:217:31ff:fe81:8c8]) by orion.eta-ori.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id C887432413F for ; Sat, 7 Feb 2009 09:15:00 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: <498D431A.9000608@impulze.org> (sfid-20090207_091513_128333_63BE1C1E) Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2009 09:15:22 +0100 From: Daniel Mierswa MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: location of binaries and libraries of new wifi tools References: <498CC07F.3080800@impulze.org> <1233981671.3652.6.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1233981671.3652.6.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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? -- Mierswa, Daniel If you still don't like it, that's ok: that's why I'm boss. I simply know better than you do. --- Linus Torvalds, comp.os.linux.advocacy, 1996/07/22