Hi Peter,
On 2023-10-26 19:29, Peter Samuelson wrote:
> Package: libcap2-bin
> Version: 1:2.66-4
> Severity: wishlist
>
> In my opinion, getcap(8) is useful to run as a non-root user, so it
> should be in /bin rather than /sbin. This seems analogous to ip(8)
> from iproute2, which was moved to /bin many years ago.
this makes sense in general, but is a bit tricky.
It can't just be moved, as this would break scripts that hard-code
/usr/sbin/getcap.
A symlink wouldn't do much good.
I think what's needed is a move to /bin and a wrapper in /sbin calling
the version in /bin, but emitting a decprecation notice.
However, in the end, this would need to be coordinated by upstream, and
we'd want consistency over all distros. I'll make a ping.
Best,
Christian
