Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 4 Jan 2021 02:47:29 +0100 | From | Adam Borowski <> | Subject | Re: Linux 5.11-rc1 |
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On Sun, Jan 03, 2021 at 05:45:16PM +0000, David Laight wrote: > From: Ilkka Prusi > > Note that /sbin is now just a symlink to /usr/sbin on Debian since 10 (Buster) as per FHS[1][2]. > > > > [1] https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/lsb/fhs > > [2] https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/debian-10-playing-catch-up-with-the-rest- > > of-the-linux-world-thats-a-good-thing/ > > Which is exactly 100% backwards :-)
I agree with you that, if all, it's /usr/sbin which should be a symlink, to reduce typing and to get rid of a vestige of _The_ Unix machine having /bin spill to a disk that used to have user homes.
But, /sbin is a symlink on only _some_ Debian installations. There's currently a discussion whether to go deeper into this scheme, abandon it or do nothing.
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