[974] in Moira
Re: moira locker cleanup
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig Fields)
Wed May 29 16:49:20 1996
Date: Wed, 29 May 1996 16:49:06 -0400
From: Craig Fields <cfields@MIT.EDU>
To: tytso@MIT.EDU
Cc: jweiss@MIT.EDU, bug-moira@MIT.EDU, tom@MIT.EDU, cfields@MIT.EDU
> Note that nuking the .bin directory will break /mit/moira/bin. Yes, I
> know this isn't the "official" supported way of getting to the binaries,
> but some people do use it.
Well, it doesn't have to break the bin link if he redoes the bin link.
As far as "official" support goes, from lockers(7):
CONVENIENCE SYMLINKS
While the add command deals for the user with finding the
appropriate binary directory for their platform, some users
sometimes do not use add, instead typing explicit paths on
their own. This could become tedious when they need to type
"cd /mit/lockername/arch/pmax_ul4/bin." For the user's
convenience then, we suggest that you make a link "bin ->
arch/@sys/bin" and possibly others (for lib, etc.) as it
makes sense. This is the only case where we suggest using
the explicit string "@sys."
Craig
