Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 15:41:01 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org>, Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.sbin Makefile src/usr.sbin/daemon Makefile daemon.8 daemon.c Message-ID: <20010831154101.D69064@sunbay.com> In-Reply-To: <20010831095811.E1544@wantadilla.lemis.com>; from grog@FreeBSD.org on Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 09:58:11AM %2B0930 References: <200108300448.f7U4m2V90826@freefall.freebsd.org> <20010830052449.143D63E28@bazooka.unixfreak.org> <20010830021541.A80938@coffee.q9media.com> <3B8DEEB1.39836E5A@FreeBSD.org> <20010830140158.C80938@coffee.q9media.com> <20010831095811.E1544@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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On Fri, Aug 31, 2001 at 09:58:11AM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Thursday, 30 August 2001 at 14:01:58 -0400, Mike Barcroft wrote: > > Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.org> writes: > >> Mike Barcroft wrote: > >>> Dima Dorfman <dima@unixfreak.org> writes: > >>>> Mike Barcroft <mike@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >>>>> mike 2001/08/29 21:48:02 PDT > >>>>> > >>>>> Modified files: > >>>>> usr.sbin Makefile > >>>>> Added files: > >>>>> usr.sbin/daemon Makefile daemon.8 daemon.c > >>>>> Log: > >>>>> Add a new utility that runs an executable detached from the > >>>>> controlling terminal. > >>>> > >>>> Why is it in sbin? I see no reason why mortal users can't use this. > >>> > >>> It's primary use is for spawning daemons, which is normally done by an > >>> administrator. Also, this commit preserves compatibility with BSD/OS. > >> > >> I don't think that these arguments are very strong, I am with Dima on that > >> - put it into usr.bin instead. > > > > Please tell me why you believe its intended use isn't a strong > > argument for its location. It's not that I'm unwilling to move it, I > > would just appreciate a justifiable reason before I gratuitously break > > compatibility with BSD/OS. > > I can see lots of reasons to run programs detached; connecting to a > remote system and running some background process, for example. I can > see that this utility is useful for spawning system daemons as well, > but that doesn't seem enough of a reason to put it in /usr/sbin. The > BSD/OS precedent is a reason, of course, but I don't know if it's good > enough. We've moved programs in the past. > Yeah, `which chown chmod' is a good example of inconsistency. -- Ruslan Ermilov Oracle Developer/DBA, ru@sunbay.com Sunbay Software AG, ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer, +380.652.512.251 Simferopol, Ukraine http://www.FreeBSD.org The Power To Serve http://www.oracle.com Enabling The Information Age To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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