Date: Wed, 10 May 2023 07:19:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "Rodney W. Grimes" <freebsd@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> To: Mitchell Horne <mhorne@freebsd.org> Cc: src-committers@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-all@freebsd.org, dev-commits-src-main@freebsd.org Subject: Re: git: 36db6b04962a - main - hier(7): document /home/ and /usr/home/ Message-ID: <202305101419.34AEJf1x054239@gndrsh.dnsmgr.net> In-Reply-To: <202305101327.34ADRu0P088510@gitrepo.freebsd.org>
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> The branch main has been updated by mhorne: > > URL: https://cgit.FreeBSD.org/src/commit/?id=36db6b04962a01ff7b21592def02d4c570dac939 > > commit 36db6b04962a01ff7b21592def02d4c570dac939 > Author: Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org> > AuthorDate: 2023-05-10 12:53:56 +0000 > Commit: Mitchell Horne <mhorne@FreeBSD.org> > CommitDate: 2023-05-10 13:25:17 +0000 > > hier(7): document /home/ and /usr/home/ > > Reviewed by: imp > MFC after: 1 week > Sponsored by: The FreeBSD Foundation > Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40002 > --- > share/man/man7/hier.7 | 10 ++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/share/man/man7/hier.7 b/share/man/man7/hier.7 > index ff11289436a1..b6759dd6e65b 100644 > --- a/share/man/man7/hier.7 > +++ b/share/man/man7/hier.7 > @@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ file descriptor files; > see > .Xr \&fd 4 > .El > +.It Pa /home/ > +user HOME directories. > +This is a symlink to > +.Pa /usr/home/ /usr is "contains the majority of user utilities and applications" it should not contain home directories. I do not know when this move to usr came about it was traditionally /home. I do not know why /usr/home even exists, it is not needed by anything I am aware of. If we have a compatible link it should be, usr/home -> ../home and /home should be the directory. > .It Pa /etc/ > system configuration files and scripts > .Pp > @@ -214,6 +218,12 @@ and > .Xr bsdinstall 8 > .It Pa include/ > standard C include files > +.It Pa home/ > +users' HOME directories; > +the layout is not standardized, but a typical interactive user > +.Dv beastie > +might receive their own directory under > +.Pa /usr/home/beastie > .Pp > .It Pa lib/ > shared and archive > -- Rod Grimes rgrimes@freebsd.org
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