Matthias Berndt wrote: > Greetings, > > wouldn't it make sense to move 'wc' from '/usr/bin' to '/bin' like > other tools in the coreutils-package to prevent some more or less > cryptic constructions in '/etc/rc.d/init.d/functions'? FHS don't tell me > anything against this idea. > > Matthias Berndt
You are refering to the character counting in boot_mesg(). Unfortunately, wc is plain messed up WRT UTF8. libtextwrap would have been a much better solution, but not fitting for a base LFS. Take a look at these threads in the archives for a little background information. This thread started in October 2004: http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-hackers/2004-October/002621.html and ending in November 2004: http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-hackers/2004-November/002748.html and: http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/lfs-hackers/2004-November/002828.html -- DJ Lucas -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
