On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 9:19 AM, Alessandro Selli <[email protected] > wrote:
> G. Matthew Rice wrote: > [...] > > I can also add the iw command to the key files list, too. I have it in > > /usr/sbin but I'm reluctant to put in /usr/sbin/iw as the path unless > > it's universal. Can anyone confirm or deny this?$ lsb_release -drc > Description: Debian GNU/Linux 7.1 (wheezy) > Release: 7.1 > Codename: wheezy > $ locate bin/iw | grep 'bin/iw$' > /sbin/iw > It seems Debian is one of the very few distros that have not just gone with the / and /usr merge, since upstream maintainers seem to be unable to follow the FHS guidelines. Indeed, for much of the past decade, I could figure out /lib v. /usr/lib, /bin v. /usr/bin and /sbin v. /usr/sbin. And one could argue having a separate /usr is still difficult in Debian as well, and it is still debated in their democracy. [1] Hence why Fedora [2] finally "pulled the long-argued for trigger" a few versions back, and Ubuntu [3] followed suit last year. I haven't seen a good argument against it, along with most of the FreeDesktop changes. The few times I've been exposed to "discussions," it's shocking how much people don't realize new FreeDesktop standards actually _solve_ issues people were asking for (e.g., remote audio capability, socket-based dependencies instead of hardcoding, real-time monitoring, etc...). Of course, there are some downright nasty comments out there on anything related to LP, although I did have to laugh at this one. [4] -- bjs [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.devel.general/165785 Lots of viewpoints, some that make sense, others that are actually in conflict with the next ... [2] http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/ I especially love the "Myth and Facts" at the end, which did indeed finally "sell me on it" because I hadn't realized how much had changed. [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FoundationsTeam/Specs/Quantal/UsrMerge 'Ubuntu now supports installations of / merged into /usr. By default on new installation, the installer will create symlinks to point /bin, /sbin, /lib, /lib32, /lib64 to their respective locations under /usr.' [4] http://rusty.ozlabs.org/?p=236 Well, at least he's honest. Having seen LP talk, as well as explain every little detail, it's clear some people just refuse to listen. And people fail to recognize full backwards compatibility too, but they did that with Upstart as well. -- Bryan J Smith - Professional, Technical Annoyance b.j.smith at ieee.org - http://www.linkedin.com/in/bjsmith
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