> > in order to avoid the conflict with "sysstat". However, the > > [...] > > Could you explain this conflict in more detail? Why can't iostat be > in /usr/bin?
A priori the package "sysstat" installs the file "/usr/bin/iostat" at the most natural location for Debian. Observe, however, that FreeBSD locates its native executable in "/usr/sbin/iostat". But on the other hand, the same package builds as "[!kfreebsd-any]" so there is supposedly no instanteous conflict. However, when (I am now attempting to code an addition to linprocfs) we activate the compatibility entry "/proc/diskstats", a fair amount of packages will make sense also for us, packages which at the moment are judged as too Linux centric for architecture "kfreebsd-any". The commendable BSD porters have -- before my time -- located some alternate executables brought in from FreeBSD in either of "/lib/freebsd/" and "/usr/lib/freebsd/", so my initial suggestion followed this route. The alternative solution, worthy of consideration, would be /usr/bin/iostat.bsd /usr/share/man/man1/iostat.bsd.1.gz where the manual page has a new location in relation to FreeBSD, which prefers "iostat(8)". All opposition is welcome! Regards, Mats -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bsd-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111007235019.ga14...@mea.homelinux.org
