392757 – sys-apps/net-tools: relocate ifconfig/route from /sbin to /bin

Bug 392757 - sys-apps/net-tools: relocate ifconfig/route from /sbin to /bin

Summary: sys-apps/net-tools: relocate ifconfig/route from /sbin to /bin

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	[OLD] Unspecified (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo's Team for Core System packages

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Depends on:	407195
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Reported:	2011-12-01 22:26 UTC by Matthew Maurer
Modified:	2012-03-06 23:04 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Matthew Maurer 2011-12-01 22:26:43 UTC

Programs such as ifconfig, iwconfig, and john are all installed in /sbin or /usr/sbin, however such programs have frequent usage modes which do not require elevated privileges. As such, I would like to suggest that they be moved to /bin or /usr/bin.

Comment 1 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2011-12-01 22:36:16 UTC

1 issue per bug.  this is about net-tools.  EOM.

Comment 2 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2011-12-02 21:21:37 UTC

i've sent a patch to upstream net-tools ml to see what other maintainers think

Comment 3 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2012-01-04 21:20:09 UTC

upstream git now installs into /bin and the next version in Gentoo will too