Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262933AbUJ0W2N (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:28:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262762AbUJ0WYy (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:24:54 -0400 Received: from basmati.dododge.net ([204.245.156.209]:1752 "HELO basmati.dododge.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262932AbUJ0WY0 (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:24:26 -0400 Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:35:46 -0400 From: Dave Dodge To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Cc: uclibc@uclibc.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [uClibc] Re: [OT] Re: The naming wars continue... Message-ID: <20041027223546.GI24083@basmati> References: <20041026203137.GB10119@thundrix.ch> <417F2251.7010404@zytor.com> <200410271133.25701.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <20041027154828.GA21160@thundrix.ch> <20041027161402.GC21160@thundrix.ch> <20041027211138.GE24083@basmati> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1617 Lines: 35 On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:15:15PM +0200, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > Dave Dodge writes: > > If I recall correctly, in the GoboLinux case [...] > > I believe "/bin" is a symlink to the bin directory in the main > > install prefix, but there are patches so that while "/bin" can be > > used for lookups it does not appear when you list "/". > > If there's one thing I detest, it is such hiding of files. The GUI in > MacOSX does such things too, even /tmp is hidden there. I believe Gobo only has paths such as "/bin" for legacy compatibility (for example scripts starting with #!/bin/...). "/dev" is another case, since that isn't where Gobo puts its devices, but lots of things are going to assume they can use "/dev/zero" and "/dev/null". > It's visible from a shell though. Gobo actually does it in the kernel; whether that's better or worse depends on your point of view. There's a command-line tool "GoboHide" that provides a list of hidden things: http://gobolinux.org/index.php?page=doc/articles/gobohide I think all of the things hidden in a normal GoboLinux desktop are just legacy symlinks, and the real locations they point to are fully visible. Unlike MacOS, where the Finder ignores a lot of real directories and applications (I've been bitten there by "/tmp" myself). -Dave Dodge - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/