On 08/10/2015 11:54 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
Am 10.08.2015 um 20:50 schrieb Josh Stone:
> On 08/10/2015 11:12 AM, Orion Poplawski wrote:
>> iproute has /usr/sbin/ss
>> stripesnoop has /usr/bin/ss
>>
>> This causes problems:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1249328
>>
>> It seems like we should have a policy prohibiting different programs with the
>> same command names being in /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. Thoughts?
>
> Do emphasize *different* programs or packages, as there are legitimate
> self-contained cases -- /usr/bin/mock vs. /usr/sbin/mock for instance
legitimate?
that's a fractal of bad design because behavior heavily depends on $PATH
Maybe that can be debated, but it's a wholly separate policy issue.