Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 10:32:23 -0800 (PST) From: Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com> To: Ben Rosengart <ben@skunk.org> Cc: Bill Fumerola <billf@chc-chimes.com>, "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Speaking of moving files (Re: make world broken building fortunes ) Message-ID: <199912141832.KAA22638@apollo.backplane.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.9912141143590.76868-100000@penelope.skunk.org>
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:> > So how about /usr/sbin/chown -> /sbin/chown so that MAKEDEV works with
:> > just the root file system mounted?
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:> As one who just got his ass bitten by this, I would vote yes.
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:As one who's missed chown at times when only root's mounted, I'm with Bill.
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: Ben Rosengart
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:UNIX Systems Engineer, Skunk Group
:StarMedia Network, Inc.
I think at one time or another all of us have missed *something* in
/usr that wasn't in /. For example, disklabel -e doesn't work without
vi -- which is in /usr.
But if we go down that path we are going to wind up with *every* binary
in /usr being moved to /, which is clearly wrong.
Moving a well known, long-existing system binary is not something that
should be undertaken lightly. I will remind everyone that when
sendmail was moved from /usr/libexec to /usr/sbin, it created
ramifications that didn't clear up for a year. Sendmail's move could be
justified, but I don't think chown's move can be -- certainly not on
the basis of something as flimsy as MAKEDEV needing it!
-Matt
Matthew Dillon
<dillon@backplane.com>
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