Understanding the bin, sbin, usr/bin , usr/sbin split

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Tue, Feb 07, 2012 at 12:21:35AM -0500, William Park wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 09:43:09PM -0500, D. Hugh Redelmeier wrote:
> > I've heard that OS/X does something like: all a package does is add a
> > directory, and populates it with all the "stuff", including any
> > executables.  The package manager does not have to be intricate,
> > policing shared directories.  Then the binary gets made accessible
> > somehow.  Symlink?  Union mount?
> 
> This would be a step in the right direction.  Each package should be
> given a directory, and it can do whatever under it.  This would simplify
> package management a LOT.  There is no need to share anything.  If you
> want something, you know exactly where it is.

Because obviously packages never include libraries that one would want
to share and the linker need to know where is.

In other words: What an awful idea.

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Len Sorensen
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