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Date:      Tue, 15 Nov 2011 14:06:01 +0400
From:      selven <pcthegreat@gmail.com>
Cc:        ed@80386.nl, patfbsd@davenulle.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: The strangeness called `sbin'
Message-ID:  <CADW03ipKteOWntjAJ%2B1JrT5Up8t5LGX1Z3attgn5pn2_dL7TkA@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <4ec21d02.DIq3JznJ4WBtwCd7%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
References:  <20111110123919.GF2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBC4B6E.4060607@FreeBSD.org> <20111111112821.GP2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBDC06F.6020907@FreeBSD.org> <20111112103918.GV2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBF0003.3060401@FreeBSD.org> <20111113091940.GX2164@hoeg.nl> <4EC04B65.4030801@FreeBSD.org> <20111114092922.GA2164@hoeg.nl> <20111114172609.1c2aeb0a@davenulle.org> <4ec21d02.DIq3JznJ4WBtwCd7%perryh@pluto.rain.com>

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It does makes sense, but over the years people have gotten used to it,
wrote scripts that assumed certain things to be in /sbin while some to be
at /bin .. wouldn't the mere action of discussing about whether we should
do it some other way when it the gain is not the great be called as bike
shedding?



On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 12:04 PM, <perryh@pluto.rain.com> wrote:

> Patrick Lamaiziere <patfbsd@davenulle.org> wrote:
>
> > I would like to keep /usr/local for ports only.
> > When things are going wrong with ports it is sometimes
> > easier to rm -rf /usr/local and rebuild all from scratch.
>
> When using this approach -- which I agree makes sense --
> where should one put truly local (non-ports) executables
> (/usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin being reserved for
> ports executables)?
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