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Is there any reason why you care so much about bin-vs-sbin that would make it such a dealbreaker, other than FHS ideology? Most people I know just care whether

Is there any reason why you care so much about bin-vs-sbin that would make it such a dealbreaker, other than FHS ideology? Most people I know just care whether the command works, i.e. whether it's in $PATH.

jamtur01 16y ago
We care because our customers - big, enterprise shops with thousands of hosts they manage with packages - care.
- tptacek 16y ago
  They care that a specific random Ruby utility was by design installed in bin(7) and thus require that Debian specifically modifies the package so that it goes in sbin(7)? I call shenanigans.
  - jamtur01 16y ago
    You're missing my point - it's a RubyGems issue not a Debian one. Standards matter.
    - halostatue 16y ago
      Standards matter, but differ between platforms and even distributions. Ruby is not—and should not be—beholden to any single distro's particular oddities. Adaptable, yes; broken on other platforms because of, no.
      - adamzochowski 16y ago
        I think the idea is that on every OS you talk the talk. Windows uses backslashes instead of slashes. etc. You meld application to OS, not the other way around. GEMs on Debian should follow Debian ideology, much like on windows they follow windows way.