Re: [ptxdist] [PATCH] Install tar from CONFIG_TAR to /bin/ instead /usr/bin/

["Schenk, Gavin" <G.Schenk@eckelmann.de>]

Hi,

sorry for the late answer, I was on holidays.

> On Wed, Apr 12, 2017 at 10:36:46AM +0200, Enrico Weigelt, metux IT
> consult wrote:
> > On 05.04.2017 10:04, Gavin Schenk wrote:
> > > Debian and Ubuntu install tar in /bin. This is the same in ptxdist
> > > when BUSYBOX_TAR is selected. If CONFIG_TAR is selected ptxdist
> > > installs tar to /usr/bin.
> >
> > All the different unices I remember from the last two decades had tar
> > in /bin (as it's considered system util), so I'm in favour of that.
> >
> > OTOH, some folks in ptxdist world might be expecting the standalone
> > tar in /usr/bin - so, perhaps make it configurable.
> >
> > An interesting question is whether there could be any reason for
> > having both of them on one system. Maybe systems w/ optional packages,
> > where only some users in the field might install the full tar, if
> > bb'es trimmed-down one isn't sufficient.
> 
> Since the /usr merge, this discussion is obsolete.
> 

With the next version of my BSP I will test the /usr merge. From that point this discussion and my patch are really obsolete now.

Thanks and Regards
Gavin


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