Roland Mainz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> By definition /usr/bin/ should only contain the minimum set of
> executables for a system in networked multiuser mode (run level 3).
What you write herer was true for systems that have a real /bin/
Originlly, all official UNIX programs have been in /bin
Later users have been allowed to put private programs of general interest
into /usr/bin. Man pahes only exist because Steve Bourne did write a cron
script that checks the existence of up to date documentation every night....
Later /usr/local/bin has been used by some people and abused for non-local
software later on (the same way, /usr/bin has been abused...).
We need to find a way out of this.
But you are definitely right that we need to prevent /usr/bin/ from becoming
a junk yard for everything. /usr/bin should only include basic programs and no
GUI tools.
Jörg
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