On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 08:12:01PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 01:57:31PM -0500, Richard Kreuter wrote: > > > > Also, unfortunately, at the moment, the body of FHS requires mkfs, > > fsck, et al. in /sbin, if these files exist on a system (section > > 3.14.2), so Debian GNU/Hurd may need to provide these files here. > > And the second paragraph of 3.10 says: > > "If a normal [..] user will ever run it directly, then it should be placed > in one of the "bin" directories." > > So the FHS is basicaly contradicting itself. I call that a bug :)
Well, sorta: a file can be in a "bin" and in an "sbin" with a symlink. Maybe that's a sneaky interpretation, but that kind of interpretation is also required for /usr on GNU/Hurd. I won't argue that the FHS isn't buggy, though.... -- Richard
