Re: Moving lspci and setpci from /sbin to /usr/sbin?

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On Fri, 2010-01-29 at 14:57 +0200, Sergey Rudchenko wrote:
> On 1/29/2010 2:38 PM, Hans Ulrich Niedermann wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:32:15 +0100
> > Ralf Corsepius<rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx>  wrote:
> >
> >    
> >> Presuming /sbin/lspci is supposed to work without having /usr/
> >> mounted, then libpci.so.X needs to reside in /lib|/lib64.
> >>
> >> Or differently: Everything in /bin and /sbin, must only be
> >> dynamically linked against libraries in /lib|/lib64. The fact lspci
> >> is linked against /usr/{lib|lib64}/libpci.so.X is a defect.
> >>      
> > I agree.
> >
> > For the record, the same issue applies to /sbin/lsusb
> > and /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.so.4.
> >
> > I have not checked whether there are other cases.
> >
> >    
> What if we link the lspci and lsusb as static binaries? That would allow 
> us not to break the filesystem architecture and have usable tools.

There's no need for that. Binaries in /bin or /sbin should have their
libraries in /lib rather than /usr/lib . This is perfectly OK under FHS.
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