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Poettering: systemd for Administrators, Part IX

Poettering: systemd for Administrators, Part IX

Posted Jul 20, 2011 19:35 UTC (Wed) by SEJeff (subscriber, #51588)
In reply to: Poettering: systemd for Administrators, Part IX by Cyberax
Parent article: Poettering: systemd for Administrators, Part IX

Perhaps or perhaps not. As a 'nix admin / systems engineer, FHS is one of the best things that Linux has going for it. Other than very minimal stuff like /etc/default vs /etc/sysconfig, the FHS keeps things on Linux very consistent.

It would be sad to see things move away from this even if the idea is great.

/usr/ucb or /etc/ping anyone?


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Poettering: systemd for Administrators, Part IX

Posted Jul 20, 2011 19:40 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

FHS was mostly an ex-post-facto standard. That's why it works :)

Other attempts such as LSB are much less successful.

Poettering: systemd for Administrators, Part IX

Posted Jul 20, 2011 19:46 UTC (Wed) by SEJeff (subscriber, #51588) [Link]

Fair enough, you and I agree.

Poettering: systemd for Administrators, Part IX

Posted Jul 29, 2011 3:57 UTC (Fri) by Wol (guest, #4433) [Link]

LSB is an ex-post-facto standard too.

Problem is, there's much less post-facto to ex-standard on.

Cheers,
Wol

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