X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2006 09:59:06 -0400 From: Christopher Faylor To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: BUG: /sbin in util-linux package Message-ID: <20060416135906.GB3975@trixie.casa.cgf.cx> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <20060414183046.fb30e530d17747c2b054d625b8945d88.e0662cc7b8.wbe@email.secureserver.net> <4441B33F.1010208@users.sourceforge.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Sat, Apr 15, 2006 at 09:55:07PM -0700, Bryan D. Thomas wrote: >>>Also in the package is the /usr/sbin directory with nothing in it. >> >>That's a flaw in the source's 'make install', which is not automake >>based. The util-linux source provides several /usr/sbin commands as >>well, but none of them are relevant to Cygwin and are not built; the >>makefiles create this directory anyway, regardless if anything is >>installed into it. > >Yaakov, you are not allowed to patch the Makefile to avoid this? He could if he wanted to but I don't see any reason not to install things into /sbin if that's where they're going under linux and the creation of /usr/sbin is a trivial thing and, IMO, not really worth any time exploring how to fix. cgf -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/