On 8/10/10 4:22 AM, Eray Aslan wrote:
> 1. Is this OK or should we file bugs against binaries in {/bin,/sbin} linking
> against libraries in /usr/lib? Fix is relatively easy in general (give
> --libdir=/lib against the config script)
I'd suggest a fix that is guaranteed to work: make portage refuse to
install anything in /bin that depends on /usr (based on say ldd check).
> 2. Is the below acceptable? (symlinking from /bin to /usr/bin)
> # ls -l $(find {/bin,/sbin}/ -type l)|grep /usr
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Oct 28 2008 /bin/igawk ->
> /usr/bin/igawk-3.1.6
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Aug 10 13:29 /bin/mail -> /usr/bin/mailx
> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Oct 28 2008 /bin/pgawk ->
> /usr/bin/pgawk-3.1.6
I don't know the reason behind it. Both /usr/bin and /bin are in PATH...
maybe for compatibility reasons.
Paweł
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