The strangeness called `sbin'

[John Baldwin]

On Sunday, November 13, 2011 8:01:33 pm Mike Karels wrote:
> I have to agree with Doug.  If the directories were unified and we were
> proposing splitting them based on efficiency, I would say it is not worth
> doing.  However, the directories are separate now, and I don't see sufficient
> benefit from combining them.  fwiw, I think at least 90% of the users at
> work do not have /sbin and /usr/sbin in their paths now, and they do not
> need them.  (Yes, there are still multi-user systems, and not everyone
> is a sysadmin.)
> 
> I think this is a solution in search of a problem.

I agree.  The upheaval and drama doesn't seem to be worth the change.

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John Baldwin