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Sorry, I'm not sure if I get your point. Separating /usr and /usr/local doesn't have to do with permissions; it's just that package manager wouldn't be able to
by ufo 3y ago
Sorry, I'm not sure if I get your point. Separating /usr and /usr/local doesn't have to do with permissions; it's just that package manager wouldn't be able to deal with users installing files into /usr and overwriting the package manager's stuff. The whole point of Gobolinux is to avoid this sort of problem. Because each package gets its own directory instead of all being stored in a central location, there's no risk of one package stepping on another package's toes, and it's also possible to install multiple versions of the same package.
- discardedrefuse 3y agoYes, /usr/bin and /usr/local/bin is for the package manager vs user compiled. The link I posted mentioned it. But separating bin from sbin is more of a permissions thing. I suppose you could set permissions individually on each Program folder, but that seems like a pain. The multiple versions thing is pretty nice tho.
- ufo 3y agoIn all the distros I know, bin and sbin have the same permissions.
- usr1106 3y agoBut sbin is not always in an ordinary user's PATH. They were permitted to run something, but it does not run without an absolute path. (I don't remember in which distro it's in PATH and in which it isn't.)
- ufo 3y agoThat's just for convenience though. Users can edit their own PATH as they see fit.