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

$ 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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