2010/7/26 Bryn M. Reeves <bmr@xxxxxxxxxx>: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 07/24/2010 09:39 PM, Matt McCutchen wrote: >> On Sat, 2010-07-24 at 16:36 -0400, Matthew Miller wrote: >>> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:14:33AM -0400, Casey Dahlin wrote: >>>>> Why is the systemd executable in /bin instead of /sbin? >>>> Without looking too closely I believe systemd eventually seeks to replace >>>> things like gnome-session daemon. It has session management in mind as >>>> well as system. >>> >>> Still belongs in /sbin, unless it's meant to actually be executed directly >>> by end-users. >> >> No. If that were the criterion, update-mime-database would belong >> in /sbin . >> > > The FHS puts it like this: > > (a) "/bin contains commands that may be used by both the system > administrator and by users, but which are required when no other > filesystems are mounted (e.g. in single user mode). It may also contain > commands which are used indirectly by scripts." > > (b) "/sbin contains binaries essential for booting, restoring, > recovering, and/or repairing the system in addition to the binaries in > /bin." > > So if the intent is that systemd will eventually be invoked (indirectly > by some script/daemon) by users this seems justified by (a). On the > other hand the page has this to say on "init": > > "The following files, or symbolic links to files, must be in /sbin if > the corresponding subsystem is installed: ... > init" > > It's arguable though whether this refers to SysV's init or is intended > to be more general. > > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#BINESSENTIALUSERCOMMANDBINARIES > http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SBINSYSTEMBINARIES well an init system replacement probably has to do with booting the system hence it makes sense from my pov to move the binary to /sbin. it especially makes sense if one unbreaks the user PATH by removing /sbin from it since there is less irrelevant stuff in the PATH environment then for autocompletion. kind regard, Rudolf Kastl p.s. i am going to open a bug > > Regards, > Bryn. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxNVfQACgkQ6YSQoMYUY95UngCgxoS3//7yzpXZriKSCZMFnun+ > 1qoAn107myHo05jderCykLfKsSmqYAmS > =iYOx > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
