[Linux-disciples] The hierarchy

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

Presumably because you don't need to be root to apt-get source or
apt-cache search, at least on Debian... But I don't have a more precise
explanation for you.

Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> The filesystem hierarchy puzzles me a bit. According to the
> man page for hier(7),
> 
>        /usr/sbin
> 	      This  directory contains program binaries for system administra
> 	      tion which are not essential for the boot process, for  mounting
> 	      /usr, or for system repair.
> 
> So you'd think that's where all the apt-* tools would be,
> right? But no, they're in /usr/bin:
> 
>        /usr/bin
> 	      This  is	the  primary  directory for executable programs.  Most
> 	      programs executed by normal users which are not needed for boot
> 	      ing  or  for  repairing  the  system and which are not installed
> 	      locally should be placed in this directory.
> 
> In /usr/sbin we have only
> 
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 37933 2004-11-26 23:14 /usr/sbin/apt-listbugs
> -rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 27641 2005-04-05 14:24 /usr/sbin/apt-setup
> 
> Can anyone help me explain why these programs are where they
> are?
> 

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