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Bug 509495 - should be installed in /usr/sbin
should be installed in /usr/sbin
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gparted
Classification: Other
Component: application
0.3.3
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gparted maintainers alias
gparted maintainers alias
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-01-14 22:15 UTC by Luca Capello
Modified: 2008-04-09 18:45 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---

Attachments
trunk/src/Makefile.am: install in /usr/sbin (309 bytes, patch)
2008-01-14 22:22 UTC, Luca Capello 		none Details | Review

Description Luca Capello 2008-01-14 22:15:49 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:
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Expected results:


Does this happen every time?


Other information:
Comment 1 Luca Capello 2008-01-14 22:22:24 UTC 
Created attachment 102859 [details] [review]
trunk/src/Makefile.am: install in /usr/sbin
Comment 2 Curtis Gedak 2008-04-09 18:45:50 UTC 
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.