Archaic wrote:
Just a polite request. Would you mind posting bug comments in bugzilla,
rather than as replies to the mailing lists? That way when someone
looks at the bug, they see all the comments. Thanks.
On Sun, Sep 11, 2005 at 04:16:45AM -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
/usr/bin/write (--enable-write will get it back again)
Standard part of UNIX. Should probably be kept.
"Standard" or "traditional"? :) The FHS and LSB don't mention it. It's
mentioned in POSIX but only as an optional command.
/usr/sbin/ramsize (--enable-rdev will get it back again)
/usr/sbin/rdev (--enable-rdev will get it back again)
/usr/sbin/rootflags (--enable-rdev will get it back again)
/usr/sbin/vidmode (--enable-rdev will get it back again)
rdev is quite old technology. I used to use to for creating boot
floppies without a bootloader. Basically you are editing the compiled
kernel to give it certain info like where a root partition is (say, on
another floppy). I cannot see this as being needed by anything but a
very specialized setup.
OK, thanks for the background. Let's just drop it.
/bin/logger -> /usr/bin/logger
/sbin/losetup -> /bin/losetup
Those 2 make sense (though logger should stay in /bin for bootscript
compatability)
Agreed, though I must admit to not being fully up to speed on the
current state of play with the logging functionality in our bootscripts.
/sbin/pivot_root -> /bin/pivot_root
/sbin/swapoff -> /bin/swapoff
/sbin/swapon -> /bin/swapon
In what scenario would a non-root user ever use these utilities?
I don't know, I can't think of one.
Matt, did you happen to find any rationale for this?
Nope, I've emailed Adrian to see if it was an intended change, or a bug
and if it's the former for him to provide his reasoning behind the change.
Regards,
Matt.
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