Re: [kernel.org users] [RFD] On deprecating "git-foo" for builtins
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- H. Peter Anvin <hpa@kernel.org>
- Date
- Aug 27, 2008, 07:59 UTC
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- <48B50945.7020709@kernel.org>
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- <48B5098E.748.A598B62@Ulrich.Windl.rkdvmks1.ngate.uni-regensburg.de>
Ulrich Windl wrote:
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> In HP-UX many commands (or "subsystems") use /opt/<subsys>/{bin,sbin} to place
> their binaries. PATH usually does not contain all of them. That's against Linux
> philosophy I think, and I really don't like huge PATHs, but it may be one solution
> to reduce the size of linear lists. It won't help against the git<TAB><TAB> issue
> directly, however.
> /opt is part of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard which defines layouts on Linux systems. It is generally not used for binaries included in distributions or otherwise managed via distribution package managers, however.
-hpa