X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=rUW63 RGuvTuyYVEknWLKq5JFkt4NVtsnxJVVPSo0IPhSgyFNyD2Xi+CscSCPpyvpvjJhN 5nU7G9TJHJ1rG+jApny4Ss+suNxwFztGj9Y/S47HGYzK7M1jU3auORf/GqjKU9ux P5DiyM7CRGzJEpDe2ZstYqENCc4SpVnCs+/UK4= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:from:to:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:content-type; s=default; bh=VQmgis0o1ac Preqk8oMbFL166fk=; b=xpfO7SR8j0czGaiBx8IwMXxhTK7rtQ+vEv4F2czMzWf Cq9jEhMa5JKOOnvBXAOsL2IFWgvoeRgpKHrDl3CzmWqtdlYJ+qg2MsZMTFedCLjL jayjOY9PGo2xuANTezbAUzsTodQtXpiDpeMk8aH4yCpOQMKeQAbmbk8zhP1DHOx4 = Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-1.6 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=ham version=3.3.2 X-HELO: mail-in-12.arcor-online.net X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-07.arcor-online.net 3l9rBL34jdz87Fs From: Achim Gratz To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] Updated: util-linux-2.25.2-2 References: <874mpbiexc DOT fsf AT Rainer DOT invalid> <1427148223 DOT 912 DOT 37 DOT camel AT cygwin DOT com> Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 23:35:06 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1427148223.912.37.camel@cygwin.com> (Yaakov Selkowitz's message of "Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:03:43 -0500") Message-ID: <87zj73gx5x.fsf@Rainer.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Yaakov Selkowitz writes: > On Mon, 2015-03-23 at 22:26 +0100, Achim Gratz wrote: >> Yaakov Selkowitz writes: >> > This update adds /sbin/nologin and moves most of the /usr/sbin >> > executables to /sbin where they are generally expected to be found. >> >> So Cygwin will grow another mount /sbin -> /usr/sbin to keep things >> consistent? Last time I've asked Corinna said she doesn't intend to do >> that. > > Probably not, the reason being it is would be quite difficult to > implement a new mount without breaking existing setups. Which you are doing just now, for folks that have learned to look for these tools in /usr/sbin. There is (or at least should not be) anything in /sbin on Cygwin, so keeping things in /usr/sbin and either symlinking or mounting /sbin onto /usr/sbin would let you use scripts that expect something in /sbin. Modern Linux (with systemd) has most if not all of /sbin symlinked into /usr/sbin (where the real action is). I would prefer if these things are kept in /usr/sbin for Cygwin (old expectations notwithstanding). There are few genuine reasons to put things into /sbin specifically and none of them apply to Cygwin (since it doesn't boot itself). Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ SD adaptation for Waldorf microQ V2.22R2: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSDada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple