Same comand names in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Mon Aug 10 18:54:09 UTC 2015


Am 10.08.2015 um 20:50 schrieb Josh Stone:
> On 08/10/2015 11:12 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>> iproute has /usr/sbin/ss
>> stripesnoop has /usr/bin/ss
>>
>> This causes problems: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249328
>>
>> It seems like we should have a policy prohibiting different programs with the
>> same command names being in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin.  Thoughts?
>
> Do emphasize *different* programs or packages, as there are legitimate
> self-contained cases -- /usr/bin/mock vs. /usr/sbin/mock for instance

legitimate?

that's a fractal of bad design because behavior heavily depends on $PATH

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