From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Wesley Parish <wobblygong@gmail.com>
Cc: The Eunuchs Hysterical Society <tuhs@tuhs.org>
Subject: Re: [TUHS] Abstractions
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2021 20:47:49 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <YDRexcc04tpj+SAg@mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CACNPpeYEBAtQL_jJk1jNmZ1nX=QGtOUaHJ6nZ-i56xRT_9Qsbg@mail.gmail.com>
On Tue, Feb 23, 2021 at 01:25:51PM +1300, Wesley Parish wrote:
> I've just checked Slackware 14.* and it's still got a few binaries in
> /bin, unlike the RedHat* group which has indeed sent them all to
> /usr/bin. I don't know about the Debian* group, or if the Mandrake*
> group have gone with the RedHat* or not. Let alone all the other
> distros.
More information about the /usr migration, can be found at:
* https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge
* https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/
One of the interesting points made in the above is that merging /bin
and /usr/bin, et. al., was first done by Solaris 11 (ten years ago)
and so one of the arguments for Linux distributions for proceeding
with the /usr merge was to improve cross compatibility with legacy
commercial Unix systems.
So obviously, like so many other things, it's all Oracle's fault. :-)
- Ted
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2021-02-23 1:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 47+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-20 23:09 M Douglas McIlroy
2021-02-21 8:15 ` Otto Moerbeek
2021-02-21 11:08 ` Rich Morin
2021-02-21 22:40 ` Dave Horsfall
2021-02-21 23:01 ` Steve Nickolas
2021-02-23 3:31 ` Andrew Warkentin
2021-02-23 17:29 ` [TUHS] /usr separation (was: Abstractions) Greg A. Woods
2021-02-23 18:28 ` [TUHS] /usr separation Grant Taylor via TUHS
2021-02-23 18:57 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-02-23 20:29 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2021-02-24 14:14 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-02-24 17:50 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2021-02-24 18:37 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-02-24 18:48 ` Grant Taylor via TUHS
2021-02-25 3:38 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-02-24 20:25 ` Steve Nickolas
2021-02-24 22:08 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2021-02-24 3:12 ` [TUHS] /usr separation (was: Abstractions) Andrew Warkentin
2021-02-22 0:13 ` [TUHS] Abstractions Warren Toomey
2021-02-27 2:47 ` Dave Horsfall
2021-02-23 0:25 ` Wesley Parish
2021-02-23 0:38 ` Steve Nickolas
2021-02-23 2:50 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-02-23 3:19 ` Warner Losh
2021-02-23 1:47 ` Theodore Ts'o [this message]
2021-02-21 22:54 ` Clem Cole
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2021-02-24 4:18 Rudi Blom
2021-02-23 19:37 Nelson H. F. Beebe
2021-02-23 21:02 ` Charles H. Sauer
2021-02-23 21:15 ` Henry Bent
2021-02-24 2:47 ` Greg A. Woods
2021-02-24 3:20 ` Warner Losh
2021-02-24 20:05 ` Greg A. Woods
2021-02-24 1:51 ` Greg A. Woods
2021-02-24 2:23 ` Nelson H. F. Beebe
2021-02-21 10:47 Paul Ruizendaal
2021-02-15 19:56 Jon Steinhart
2021-02-15 21:52 ` Dave Horsfall
2021-02-16 7:13 ` arnold
2021-02-16 8:15 ` Tom Ivar Helbekkmo via TUHS
2021-02-16 10:04 ` Wesley Parish
2021-02-16 19:59 ` Jon Steinhart
2021-02-17 4:01 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-02-17 6:50 ` Chris Hanson
2021-02-16 12:26 ` Rich Morin
2021-02-16 22:46 ` Steffen Nurpmeso
2021-02-17 12:09 ` David Arnold
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