[arch-projects] [INITSCRIPTS] Improvment & bug fix

Thomas Bächler thomas at archlinux.org
Tue Mar 29 04:55:04 EDT 2011


Am 29.03.2011 03:45, schrieb Dave Reisner:
>> +
>> +install -D -m755 rc ${DESTDIR}/sbin/rc || exit 1
> 
> /sbin is typically reserved for programs which an unpriveleged user gets
> no use out of. Since we've got a "list" function, this is probably
> better suited for /bin (could make a case for /usr/bin as well).

This is actually okay. Many tools are in /sbin/ and allow some functions
to regular users. Take, ifconfig, ip, brctl as examples. IMO, /sbin/ is
the right place.

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