From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 14 15:56:57 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E4C4C106564A; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:56:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jhb@freebsd.org) Received: from cyrus.watson.org (cyrus.watson.org [65.122.17.42]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BC6158FC18; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:56:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bigwig.baldwin.cx (66.111.2.69.static.nyinternet.net [66.111.2.69]) by cyrus.watson.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5924746B46; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:56:57 -0500 (EST) Received: from jhbbsd.localnet (unknown [209.249.190.124]) by bigwig.baldwin.cx (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E1F968A050; Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:56:56 -0500 (EST) From: John Baldwin To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, mike@karels.net Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:02:13 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.5 (FreeBSD/8.2-CBSD-20110714-p8; KDE/4.5.5; amd64; ; ) References: <201111140101.pAE11XEa067064@mail.karels.net> In-Reply-To: <201111140101.pAE11XEa067064@mail.karels.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <201111140802.13355.jhb@freebsd.org> Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH, not delayed by milter-greylist-4.2.6 (bigwig.baldwin.cx); Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:56:57 -0500 (EST) Cc: Ed Schouten , arch@freebsd.org, Doug Barton , Tim Kientzle Subject: Re: The strangeness called `sbin' X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 15:56:58 -0000 On Sunday, November 13, 2011 8:01:33 pm Mike Karels wrote: > I have to agree with Doug. If the directories were unified and we were > proposing splitting them based on efficiency, I would say it is not worth > doing. However, the directories are separate now, and I don't see sufficient > benefit from combining them. fwiw, I think at least 90% of the users at > work do not have /sbin and /usr/sbin in their paths now, and they do not > need them. (Yes, there are still multi-user systems, and not everyone > is a sysadmin.) > > I think this is a solution in search of a problem. I agree. The upheaval and drama doesn't seem to be worth the change. -- John Baldwin