Re: Changing the paths on binaries

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On 11/28/2016 03:41 PM, Steve Dickson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Are there any rules regarding changing the
> path of binaries? 
> 
> rpcbind/rpcinfo has lived in /usr/sbin for 
> years but that is because the spec file moves 
> the binary from /usr/bin to /usr/sbin during
> the install. Upstream defaults to /usr/bin.
> 
> Due to some systemd service file changes 
> I would like to just leave rpcbind/rpcinfo
> in /usr/bin which means the path of those 
> binaries would change.
> 

It depends on whether you consider that file location to be "API" or not. Given
that upstream considers them to belong in /usr/bin, I'd guess that probably
there aren't any other packages relying on these executables living in that
location.

If there are, you might want to just move them and leave a symlink behind for
compatibility.


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