From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.3 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS, URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 66375C433E0 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 01:48:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3713A2074A for ; Mon, 4 Jan 2021 01:48:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1727734AbhADBsR (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Jan 2021 20:48:17 -0500 Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:54798 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1727709AbhADBsR (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Jan 2021 20:48:17 -0500 Received: from tartarus.angband.pl (tartarus.angband.pl [IPv6:2001:41d0:602:dbe::8]) by lindbergh.monkeyblade.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5D8EC061574 for ; Sun, 3 Jan 2021 17:47:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from kilobyte by tartarus.angband.pl with local (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kwEy1-00047g-RD; Mon, 04 Jan 2021 02:47:29 +0100 Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 02:47:29 +0100 From: Adam Borowski To: David Laight Cc: 'Ilkka Prusi' , "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: Linux 5.11-rc1 Message-ID: <20210104014729.GA13829@angband.pl> References: <0e0e5e88-1ff2-ef57-cfc3-a53c5a0f76c8@pp.inet.fi> <1930c2a3f18440ccb4890b7b01a33b94@AcuMS.aculab.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <1930c2a3f18440ccb4890b7b01a33b94@AcuMS.aculab.com> X-Junkbait: aaron@angband.pl, zzyx@angband.pl User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: kilobyte@angband.pl X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on tartarus.angband.pl); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jan 03, 2021 at 05:45:16PM +0000, David Laight wrote: > From: Ilkka Prusi > > Note that /sbin is now just a symlink to /usr/sbin on Debian since 10 (Buster) as per FHS[1][2]. > > > > [1] https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lsb/fhs > > [2] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/debian-10-playing-catch-up-with-the-rest- > > of-the-linux-world-thats-a-good-thing/ > > Which is exactly 100% backwards :-) I agree with you that, if all, it's /usr/sbin which should be a symlink, to reduce typing and to get rid of a vestige of _The_ Unix machine having /bin spill to a disk that used to have user homes. But, /sbin is a symlink on only _some_ Debian installations. There's currently a discussion whether to go deeper into this scheme, abandon it or do nothing. Meow! -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ .--[ Makefile ] ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ # beware of races ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ all: pillage burn ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀ `----