[fhs-discuss] bug 98 - How can a UNIX newbie easily come to know more about the FHS while INSIDE the fs?

Karl Goetz karl at kgoetz.id.au
Thu May 26 22:16:35 PDT 2011


On Wed, 25 May 2011 08:56:30 +0200
Martin Baehr <mbaehr at email.archlab.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

> On Sun, May 22, 2011 at 09:08:51AM +1000, Karl Goetz wrote:

> > If we decide this is linux specific, then thats fine. If its meant
> > to be wider scope i tend to feel it should be hosted elseware. (if
> > only provided as the canonical location elseware).
> 
> actually, given that the FHS andthe hier manpage target different
> people the manpage is for endusers/admins while FHS is for
> distributors and application developers, i think i would be good to
> have a reduced version in hier that removes all non-linux bits and
> maybe even allows customization to match the distributors actual
> choices.

Not sure if I follow you, but we agree hier should match what is being
provided by the distributor?
If thats the case, I don't see a reason to include the fhs specifically
in the install, just reference its location on the web (or include it
in a package like debian-policy ;))
thanks,
kk


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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
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