On 3/6/06, Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does FHS say /usr/lib/sendmail should just exist or that it should be > used _instead of_ /usr/sbin/sendmail? Friendly advice.. it helps to read up on reference material before asking questions... or else you run the risk of having your questions summarily disregarded. In this case... /usr/lib/sendmail is a symlink specifically required for historical reasons but there is no requirement that any modern application use it as the prefered location. In fact the fhs 2.3 goes out of its way to explain that /usr/sbin/ is the current default and there is an expectation that applications will be using the default /usr/sbin/sendmail location if possible. I belive the referenced footnote clarifies this. Just so everyone in this discussion has a clear understanding of the text in question, I will quote http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html. It would have been helpful if the original poster would have provided a quote and citation of the fhs they felt was in conflict. I don't see an issue according to the the 2.3 fhs and I believe the original poster in this thread has misunderstood the fhs text. /usr/lib/sendmail must be provided for "historical reasons" and applications are encouraged to use /usr/sbin/sendmail which is the current default. -jef <quote http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html> Chapter 4. The /usr Hierarchy ... Specific Options For historical reasons, /usr/lib/sendmail must be a symbolic link to /usr/sbin/sendmail if the latter exists. [24] ..... [24] Some executable commands such as makewhatis and sendmail have also been traditionally placed in /usr/lib. makewhatis is an internal binary and must be placed in a binary directory; users access only catman. Newer sendmail binaries are now placed by default in /usr/sbin. Additionally, systems using a sendmail-compatible mail transfer agent must provide /usr/sbin/sendmail as a symbolic link to the appropriate executable. </quote> -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
