From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Sun Jan 24 13:35:45 2021 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 130864FC587; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:35:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mj-mailinglist@gmx.de) Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.17.21]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "mout.gmx.net", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass Class 2 CA" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4DNvC32pq0z3HWZ; Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:35:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mj-mailinglist@gmx.de) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1611495341; bh=TicyhXrpcCrncQ6+eSiPOH+3TlzhAcldsDPwb5N1rJ0=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Subject:Date; b=iJ2ea9trC+dN8vstKHfoVT3ytgvxEIlWme8U/vmRtZImgdJFXCoAIpi3CJgQoXLkE 0DepQ8Do9n0FEkzolAMxE9GrRoHXoJbGCa7vfzEWOhiWJqMjUV39P17E+i5gc40w9l 2W9T5S8YzaoBZY2pd5AjBkJ3iItwScNYCYpuNdaw= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Received: from [46.142.71.81] ([46.142.71.81]) by web-mail.gmx.net (3c-app-gmx-bs28.server.lan [172.19.170.80]) (via HTTP); Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:35:40 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: From: mj-mailinglist@gmx.de To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Files in /usr/share/misc Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 14:35:40 +0100 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:ISv4oLg8e1H77UfrDSztUNqR9+NVrJrvv5HcHWBAxlcfxQoXkaBzFUWgIHYxOJSjWNkl1 +JKZcCQY9kutskfooyREOGqvchBHsA0gEgxbe8c3Cn0YxewrEvmXcWVGyWaY4jbwWOmnBHY2Dml2 w9m2TCRgRjQWR/E7IOMlDSOtOmq4QBAqU4TXrNldYK9uaRZsjveRSJtZ4sCL0z4GJ1EUVxsGdU2L B3qM3CqTqUEo5FbZ1vnhXix1z6i+GfhqiFu+OvNACbhiKaUhlLhRjqyBa5XNyvC4jCTKZLVzJEQW C0= X-Spam-Flag: NO X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:8nONIhfqpLg=:OEwWyMZDi6jqqiHc7csyvT xhyGF7KXllRdADAxscmdFYabe+EITPqzmRgiplK3zGt0sJ+bD0QROLCp9Wr3x8bOKfq5LwKb/ pxgierGluLFUD/8QPNRz0tBvTzqKcmSdL/IVzV2pfZRWiszc4oRYBUjg89uM9ZlGBPV3Q537g 0Su2m+H07U3230IxGCNM9mFlcSWgkGEzakZuFmwHh3wpp/qdIOfanRQIycHLE0hldFrN+8Zj9 1Tr37k7YZ5Eb1pW0R8hXjztGnAwLvVwYDWFVZ6jXtbY3PudHH7H09YyvAQjXcca14bTe4ArNY TTDTmbF0oZC3fMy3KS6JD7t8HdSA1N9lLsrejwg1ZJMW+60KBQAvT3s0CwnkSYVgWSa409Z+z NnoszljMzIpA6bf9KmmQKgJuM2PC1N4xpAIvNMqevVXiVHDZ6J9CVgSJ0DQS3jXPIBGJnqvMv ozt0A+xUUKenpnCFHkkAlOzHR0fkeHYatk9IwX9c7/lpvUh9+1N66lNLP/SvQsyKJ3BOPhEP/ eo1sDVf6uVS9MP8YqsYj9CVlYp+XZaKwbfTBKm2sJHQ2g80+FJAACRMFLgwClSTbRnsQCCG5P tnIpV8YihZDQE= X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4DNvC32pq0z3HWZ X-Spamd-Bar: --- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=gmx.net header.s=badeba3b8450 header.b=iJ2ea9tr; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gmx.de; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of mj-mailinglist@gmx.de designates 212.227.17.21 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=mj-mailinglist@gmx.de X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.50 / 15.00]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[gmx.de]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ip4:212.227.17.0/27]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[gmx.net:+]; RCPT_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; HAS_X_PRIO_THREE(0.00)[3]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[gmx.de,none]; RECEIVED_SPAMHAUS_PBL(0.00)[46.142.71.81:received]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[gmx.de]; ASN(0.00)[asn:8560, ipnet:212.227.0.0/16, country:DE]; RBL_DBL_DONT_QUERY_IPS(0.00)[212.227.17.21:from]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[gmx.net:s=badeba3b8450]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; SPAMHAUS_ZRD(0.00)[212.227.17.21:from:127.0.2.255]; FROM_NO_DN(0.00)[]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[212.227.17.21:from]; RWL_MAILSPIKE_POSSIBLE(0.00)[212.227.17.21:from]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; MAILMAN_DEST(0.00)[freebsd-questions,freebsd-current] X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2021 13:35:45 -0000 While browsing the filesystem, i found the folder /usr/share/misc and now i am curious, what kind of files and why they were put there. The list on "13.0-ALPHA2 stable/13-f76393a63" looks like this: -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 3170 Jan 24 09:18 ascii -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 5265 Jun 25 2020 bc.library -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 374 Jan 24 09:18 birthtoken -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 43643 Jan 24 09:18 bsd-family-tree -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6633 Jan 24 09:18 committers-doc.dot -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 23555 Jan 24 09:18 committers-ports.dot -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 29343 Jan 24 09:18 committers-src.dot -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 19304 Jan 24 09:18 definitions.units -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1390 Jan 24 09:18 flowers drwxr-xr-x 2 root wheel 2 Jun 25 2020 fonts -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 3267 Jan 24 09:18 gprof.callg -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1064 Jan 24 09:18 gprof.flat -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 25 Jan 24 09:18 init.ee -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 15481 Jan 24 09:18 iso3166 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 12422 Jan 24 09:18 iso639 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 2391 Jan 24 09:18 latin1 -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1177518 Jan 24 09:18 magic -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 6653320 Jan 24 09:18 magic.mgc -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 941 Jan 24 09:18 mail.help -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1284 Jan 24 09:18 mail.tildehelp -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1133 Jan 24 09:18 mdoc.template -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 582 Jan 24 09:18 operator -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 4165 Jan 24 09:18 organization.dot -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1246724 Jan 24 09:18 pci_vendors -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 10913 Jan 24 09:18 scsi_modes -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 212427 Jan 24 09:18 termcap -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 1343488 Jan 24 09:18 termcap.db -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 37626 Jan 24 09:18 usb_hid_usages -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 206318 Jan 24 09:18 usbdevs -r--r--r-- 1 root wheel 7081 Jan 24 09:18 windrv_stub.c There are - some more, some less technical "lookup" files, like: ascii, birthtoken, flowers, iso3166, iso639, latin1,... - some FreeBSD project related files, like: bsd-family-tree.dot, committers-*.dot, organization.dot These would better be part of the documentation. BTW, on 12.x they are out of date: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251701 - some configuration an scripting examples, like: init.ee, gprof.callg, gprof.flat,... IMHO better placed in .../examples - development(?) related files, like: pci_vendors, scsi_modes, usb_hid_usages, usbdevs, windrv_stub.c I don't know if these files are used during build-/runtime - some files which are used during (build-?/)runtime: magic, magic.mgc, termcap, termcap.db Shouldn't these be in a more specific place? They are pretty static, so the "var" part in /var/db does not fit, but services.db is located there, too. - is the fonts folder in base, or did some port create it? I'm not sure. What is the history behind /usr/share/misc? -- Martin