GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 509495
should be installed in /usr/sbin
Last modified: 2008-04-09 18:45:50 UTC
Please describe the problem: This comes from Debian: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=459976 Here the rationale: since gparted cannot be run as a normal user and it's indeed a non-essential binary, it should be installed in /usr/sbin and not /usr/bin, according to the FHS-2.3: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRSBINNONESSENTIALSTANDARDSYSTEMBI /usr/sbin : Non-essential standard system binaries This directory contains any non-essential binaries used exclusively by the system administrator. System administration programs that are required for system repair, system recovery, mounting /usr, or other essential functions must be placed in /sbin instead. Steps to reproduce: 1. 2. 3. Actual results: Expected results: Does this happen every time? Other information:
Created attachment 102859 [details] [review] trunk/src/Makefile.am: install in /usr/sbin
Luca, thank you for the bug report, detailed links, and patch. This change has been committed to the gparted gnome repository for inclusion in the next release.