[arch-general] About /usr/local/sbin -> bin move

[Rodrigo Rivas]

Dear ArchGeneral List,

First of all, congratulations for another brave step forward with the /*bin
-> /usr/bin move. All my Arch boxes upgraded with no pain.

But I've noticed that there has been some discussion about moving
/usr/local/sbin -> /usr/local/bin.

Beware! There are packages out there that are distributed as tarballs and
install themselves on /usr/local. I don't know how frequent they are, but
I've seen them. And if they happen to contain any file in /usr/local/sbin,
when untarring, it will silently overwrite the symbolic link with the real
directlry breaking any application that depends on it, and making future
upgrades to `filesystem` impossible.

Yes, it can be fixed simply running tar with the -h (--dereference) flag,
but who will remember that?

Just my 0.02€.

Best regards.
-- 
Rodrigo