From: Vince Rice <vrice@solidrocksystems.com>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: cygserver - /usr/sbin vs /usr/bin
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2018 21:31:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <147E77BD-7FF6-4026-B08B-E2BCBE000DAA@solidrocksystems.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f0c86634-a16f-0c63-dcaf-6e0e6a6bba50@gmail.com>
> On Aug 14, 2018, at 3:05 PM, cyg Simple wrote:
>
> On 8/13/2018 10:41 AM, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
>> …
>>
>> cyglsa.dll requires an install script that would have to be change as
>> well. In contrast, you'd have to make sure your new solution still
>> works for existing installations. What's the gain? Does it *hurt* to
>> have the stuff in /usr/bin like everything else?
>>
>
> No but then why have cygserver.exe in /usr/sbin? Either there should be
> a separation because of required administrative rights or there
> shouldn't be at all. Having it both ways is just confusing even if the
> confusion isn't apparent to you.
And just because it's confusing to you doesn't mean it's confusing to everyone
else. I for one have never been confused.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-08-14 20:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-10 15:28 cyg Simple
2018-08-12 13:33 ` cyg Simple
2018-08-13 7:50 ` Corinna Vinschen
2018-08-13 12:50 ` cyg Simple
2018-08-13 14:42 ` Corinna Vinschen
2018-08-14 20:43 ` cyg Simple
2018-08-14 21:31 ` Vince Rice [this message]
2018-08-16 3:32 ` cyg Simple
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