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Igor Peshansky wrote:
> I'm sure Yaakov meant that he'll patch it when he next gets around to it,
> but in the meantime felt compelled to explain where the current directory
> structure came from.
>   
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    Why fix it if it isn't broken?  It's that way on linux.  All of the
mkfs extensions and fsck extensions are in /sbin, along with
mkraid, mkswap...etc.  Why should it be different on cygwin than on
the native platform where the packages come from?

    I'm in agreement with cfg: "...I don't see any reason not to install

things into /sbin if that's where they're going under linux...".


-l


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