Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:02:13 -0500 From: John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org, mike@karels.net Cc: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl>, arch@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>, Tim Kientzle <tim@kientzle.com> Subject: Re: The strangeness called `sbin' Message-ID: <201111140802.13355.jhb@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <201111140101.pAE11XEa067064@mail.karels.net> References: <201111140101.pAE11XEa067064@mail.karels.net>
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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
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