Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 12:16:21 -0500 From: Chris Costello <chris@holly.dyndns.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@harmony.village.org> Cc: "Steve O'Hara-Smith" <steveo@iol.ie>, Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@altavista.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Confusing location of md5 program Message-ID: <19990427121619.B9324@holly.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <199904271606.KAA00754@harmony.village.org>; from Warner Losh on Tue, Apr 27, 1999 at 10:06:15AM -0600 References: <XFMail.990427164753.steveo@iol.ie> <199904271606.KAA00754@harmony.village.org>
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--J/dobhs11T7y2rNN Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Apr 27, 1999, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <XFMail.990427164753.steveo@iol.ie> "Steve O'Hara-Smith" write= s: > : I had always understood that sbin meant static binaries (ie: > : those that could be used even when /lib is hosed) and should contain > : the vital binaries for such situations. I have just failed to locate > : the documentation that has left me believing this so could somebody > : confirm (or deny) ? >=20 > /sbin is for "System binaries", which are traditionally linked static. > since both system and static begin with 's' there has been much > confusion over what, exactly, sbin means. The first part of this is > in hier(7). My god, that man page is horrible! I'll fix it up. >=20 > Don't know why md5 is in /sbin vs /bin or /usr/sbin, to be honest. >=20 > Warner >=20 >=20 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message >=20 --=20 Chris Costello <chris@calldei.com> How was Thomas J. Watson buried? 9 edge down. --J/dobhs11T7y2rNN Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.2 iQB1AwUBNyXw4rfyXY/Dmk2NAQFzpgL/V+Y65QHDauCEtyGumA+005L9NVGnBFro s2UQhnF0E75kV3pLk7+pSJsArl7cXYAVrxjWBTDW+C5swM+NypztrcNLissx+oot cr494FqreGevKh8YPpWv2fr9hYVx10cJ =+NH5 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J/dobhs11T7y2rNN-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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