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

[XeCycle]

Rodrigo Rivas <rodrigorivascosta at gmail.com> writes:

> 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€.

Were them source distributions you can (hopefully) build with
some more careful options; it would be generally hopeless if only
binary releases were provided.

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