Re: Hurd FS hierarchy in FHS.

[Richard Kreuter]

On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 08:09:28PM +0200, Gerhard Muntingh wrote:
> I'm sorry to spoil the pleasure, but I don't think there's
> reason to include the recent proposed GNU addition to the
> FHS.

  I bet there are reasons not to include the recently proposed GNU
annex, and even that there are reasons not to introduce any such
addition, but there is a straightforward reason to include one: Debian
wants to comply with the FHS, and there are benefits to participating
in Debian.

> The FHS is out there to document the _similarities_ between
> UNIX distributions, not their _differences_.

  It's not there to document, but define a specification to which a
system may or may not comply.  Some of the stipulations of the
existing standard are inappropriate for GNU/Hurd, and some details of
the existing GNU/Hurd system have been built around specifications of
the GNU Coding Standards which aren't FHS compliant.

> How about making the GNU FHS an extension to the current
> (LSB) FHS.

  The LSB includes the FHS as part of its specification.  Quoting the
LSB, Chapter 17:

An LSB conforming system must adhere to the FHS 2.2.

Regards,
Richard