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

[Josh Stone]

On 08/10/2015 11:54 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
> 
> 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

Maybe that can be debated, but it's a wholly separate policy issue.