Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (286 mails)

[Joerg.Schilling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Joerg Schilling)]

Guido Berhoerster <gber@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Please read the last email and don't start yet another thread. We
> were discussing about not installing any binaries and libraries
> into /bin, /sbin, and /lib but rather into /usr/bin, /usr/sbin,
> and /usr/lib. /bin and /sbin could then be symlinked to /usr/bin
> and /usr/sbin for compatibility reasons, /lib needs to remain as
> it contains other things.

If you ever like to create a minimal diskless boot, you know why /sbin
needs to remain separately.

/sbin contains all those system binaries that are needed in order to mount /usr.

And btw: for people who don't know.... /usr was of course the filesystem for 
users. /usr/dmr was the home directory from Dennis Rithie (this is where the 
kernel sources have been) and /usr/ken was the home directory from Ken Thompson 
(this is where the sources for the utilities have been).

/usr/bin was created for the same reason other people later created 
/usr/local..... All programs in /usr/bin are not part of UNIX but are private 
local hacking results.


Jörg

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