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Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload. (fwd)


I agree with Sergey, but wouldn't /usr/sbin be a better choice of destination? /usr/sbin should not be in the PATH of a typical user.

Sergey Okhapkin wrote:
Because these scripts are accessible for everyone and may change global
configuration settings, these scripts are for for cygwin administrator only.

Sergey Okhapkin
Somerset, NJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: "Sergey Okhapkin" <sos@prospect.com.ru>; <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 8:20 AM
Subject: Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload. (fwd)



Sergey Okhapkin <sos@prospect.com.ru> wrote:


I don't feel myself safe with these potentialy dangerous files in the
PATH...
Why are they dangerous?


My proposal is to move these files somewhere else.
Well, thats a discussion which will probably require Chris's arbitration.

--
Max.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Max Bowsher" <maxb@ukf.net>
To: "Sergey Okhapkin" <sos@prospect.com.ru>; <cygwin-apps@cygwin.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: init and agetty packages available for review/upload.
(fwd)



Sergey Okhapkin <sos@prospect.com.ru> wrote:


I don't want to introduce extra files in /bin or /usr/bin.
XXX-config scripts should be located somewhere else, not in a path,
something like /etc/package-config, the directory should be
designated for config scripts only.
$ ls /usr/bin/*-config
/usr/bin/iu-config
/usr/bin/libpng-config
/usr/bin/libpng12-config
/usr/bin/pcre-config
/usr/bin/ssh-host-config
/usr/bin/ssh-user-config

The convention seems a little bit entrenched by now.

Max.








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