On 2/9/02 at 2:09 AM, Michael D. Schleif <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> David Douthitt wrote:

> > I don't place a lot of faith in standardizing on binary
> > locations...
> 
> I'm a devout believer in systems and process.
> 
> We are dealing with a very small system with LEAF.  The
> process of reaching consensus on conventions, such as
> filesystem management and program location, may seem
> trivial and without value to some [...]

I don't think it's trivial or without value - just impossible :-}

I'm a strong believer in standards - but I've worked with enough UNIX
systems to see how Standard Things Can Be...

Let's see - what do I use to administrate the system?  Is it
linuxconf?  sysadm?  sam?  smit?  (LInux, Unixware, HP-UX, and AIX in
order....)

What about packages?  Is it apkg?  lrpkg?  RPM?  apt-get?  swinstall? 
pkg_add?  (Oxygen, LRP, Red Hat, Debian, HP-UX, Unixware and *BSD...)

> but, as this system
> grows, I guarantee that willy-nilly file placement is
> going to result in some application stomping on some
> namespace or another that some other application insists
> is its own ;<

I think if one wants to stick to a standard, the LFS is a good place
to start.  I tried, but got lost in the thick of things.  I DID try to
put all required system files in /bin or /sbin and user stuff into
/usr/bin and /usr/sbin...
--
David Douthitt
UNIX Systems Administrator
HP-UX, Unixware, Linux
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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