Rodrigo Rivas <rodrigorivasco...@gmail.com> writes: > Dear ArchGeneral List, > > First of all, congratulations for another brave step forward with the /*bin > -> /usr/bin move. All my Arch boxes upgraded with no pain. > > But I've noticed that there has been some discussion about moving > /usr/local/sbin -> /usr/local/bin. > > Beware! There are packages out there that are distributed as tarballs and > install themselves on /usr/local. I don't know how frequent they are, but > I've seen them. And if they happen to contain any file in /usr/local/sbin, > when untarring, it will silently overwrite the symbolic link with the real > directlry breaking any application that depends on it, and making future > upgrades to `filesystem` impossible. > > Yes, it can be fixed simply running tar with the -h (--dereference) flag, > but who will remember that? > > Just my 0.02€.
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