[Linux-disciples] Re: /usr/games

[Stephen R Laniel]

On Sun, Nov 20, 2005 at 08:27:19PM -0500, Stephen R Laniel wrote:
> Why do games get their own portion of the hierarchy, under
> /usr/games? Why not put various files under /usr/bin/games,
> /usr/lib/games? In fact, given that /usr/games seems to
> contain just binaries, shouldn't /usr/games automatically be
> a part of /usr/bin?

For that matter, why are so many programs in /usr/games
running setgid? Is there any more reason for a game to run
setgid than there is for, say, Abiword to run that way?

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