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Re: Hurd FS hierarchy in FHS.
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Gerhard Muntingh |
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Re: Hurd FS hierarchy in FHS. |
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Sat, 25 May 2002 21:22:14 +0200 |
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On Fri, May 24, 2002 at 12:56:00PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote:
> Gerhard Muntingh <gerhardm@muntingh.tmfweb.nl> writes:
> > That's not a reason to include an annex. The FHS specifies
> > a consistent environment for POSIX software. It's should
> > not contain OS specific contents (IMO).
>
> FHS has always had the attitude that it would have OS-specific
> annexes. And here, we can take advantage of that. So we should.
Only for the things that are really needed, such as /hurd/ .
You've convinced me now.
> > It's just like GNU/Hurd patches for packages. It's the
> > art to make them independend of platform, _not_ to add
> > support for GNU/Hurd.
>
> Huh? Why shouldn't we do both, when appropriate?
Yes, but there should be a big push for platform independend
patches.
I think the thread should end here,
Gerhard.
Re: Hurd FS hierarchy in FHS., Thomas Bushnell, BSG, 2002/05/22