On Tue, Feb 23, 1999 at 02:13:43AM -0800, Joseph Carter wrote: > > > sbin is for STATIC binaries. > > > > Please read section 3.10 of fsstnd (/usr/doc/debian-policy/fsstnd) > > before you write something like this... > > FSSTND is a Linuxism. Debian is a Linux.
Whatever the original purpose, even Solaris would appear not to follow it these days. A quick peek at my Solaris 2.7 (or do they call it 7 now?) box shows that 10 /sbin/ binaries are dynamically linked (against /usr/lib and /etc/lib) and 9 are static (su.static is actually dynamically linked, but to only one lib in /etc/lib!). Original designs get corrupted - which is why we have a formalised FSSTND, and why we should stick to whatever it says. Ben -- +-----Ben Bell - "A song, a perl script and the occasional silly sig.-----+ /// email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://www.deus.net/~bjb/ bjb Snail: 20 Guildford Road West, Farnborough, GU14 6PU \_/ "I aim to please, but I may need some target practice."
