init and agetty packages available for review/upload. (fwd)

Charles Wilson cwilson@ece.gatech.edu
Mon Nov 11 18:18:00 GMT 2002


> $ ls /usr/bin/*-config
> /usr/bin/iu-config
> /usr/bin/libpng-config
> /usr/bin/libpng12-config
> /usr/bin/pcre-config
> /usr/bin/ssh-host-config
> /usr/bin/ssh-user-config
> 


Sorry, these files are not all the same.

libpng-config
libpng12-config
pcre-config

are used by package configure scripts to figure out where libraries and 
header files have been installed.  E.g. they provide information; they 
do not modify your system.

iu-config
ssh-host-config
ssh-user-config

are "system setup" scripts used to install or initialize daemons.  These 
modify your system.

I wouldn't mind if these scripts were moved into /usr/sbin or something, 
but leave the libpng-config/pcre-config style scripts alone.  They NEED 
to be in the path of normal users.

--Chuck





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