From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 09E79138334 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:17:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A857CE094F; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:17:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5A2EAE08CD for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:17:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from a1i15 (host2092.kph.uni-mainz.de [134.93.134.92]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: ulm) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E1F6734BDEF for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2019 17:17:17 +0000 (UTC) From: Ulrich Mueller To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: add global USE flag 'split-sbin' References: <1bbad081be57654e20e590734ed8aa88dc6f6176.camel@gentoo.org> <20191012160228.GA2481@linux1.home> <25763900.3IMS5cSOPn@ernie> <86031cc11741c13b354ad85577a1e32c4ca97460.camel@gentoo.org> <0b3627cb08065b8d6d02a1d8826ab316ecdaccd0.camel@gentoo.org> <4fdaaef8-b25f-ee2f-505e-d647251d6af9@gentoo.org> <20191016153923.GA29013@whubbs1.dev.av1.gaikai.org> Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2019 19:17:09 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20191016153923.GA29013@whubbs1.dev.av1.gaikai.org> (William Hubbs's message of "Wed, 16 Oct 2019 10:39:23 -0500") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 93808fe4-ce42-4e77-ab57-791c6a8bc9b7 X-Archives-Hash: 4827cafed2cee5362624b70f52fff560 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain >>>>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2019, William Hubbs wrote: > Back in the day, the s in /sbin and /usr/sbin meant static, not super > user. All binaries in those directories were statically linked. Where have you found that statement? The "s" stands for "system", not for "static". See for example [1]. Traditionally, these programs used to be in /etc (!), and were moved to /sbin later. For example, documentation of V7 Unix [2] says that "dangerous maintenance utilities" live in /etc (and doesn't mention /sbin at all). Somewhat later, in 4.3BSD NET/2 these system binaries are in /sbin: "system programs and administration utilities fundamental to both single-user and multi-user environments" [3]. [1] https://refspecs.linuxfoundation.org/FHS_3.0/fhs/ch03s16.html [2] https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=Unix+Seventh+Edition&arch=default&format=html [3] https://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=hier&apropos=0&sektion=0&manpath=4.3BSD+NET%2F2&arch=default&format=html < --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEZlHkP3TnuTbxrN0HwwkGhRxhwnMFAl2nUJUACgkQwwkGhRxh wnPQRggAkspMGGObcPX2nAufVMoIMRaQoOVHHFHQb5/HvVbPu4T6tzoaUZ3DsO4k l12x0Nv9PYY8J9JDSWfateOex6zxexiiWz8/ZHD4q/3ViJTYRYJBuG8owXOkjHFO ofIlCsT0/ALd5LS50xSBY5tr0VZVRADcEzYdayKmC0LCxHvbD9yzpf8d5UbGeAfc DTrXLTITFpw20pPVorHtXPeloF4Qd0GJGvmOO9HV3P3k4dRV8cC8FVY/IkKPHBFE zQzb0riM3b60WF9hIGzPx1j533ehZKoV2DlmXUnSoKhy4qx8NAs7ClhoQL+oik94 FD0KukK0Y/mC3l8PRQTEDqk2DMISAA== =iVPa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--