Directory structures in the future and other things I want.

[Jesse Keating]

On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 18:30 +0100, Nils Philippsen wrote:
> Having /sbin and /bin doesn't have a thing to do with that, the
> difference is that in root's environment, "rm" is aliased to "rm
> -i" (get your facts straight before pulling examples out of your hat).
> For what it's worth, that inconsistency between normal and root user use
> of "rm" should go away, the sooner the better. Either have it
> second-guess the user all the time or never. I'd prefer never because
> due to this alias, using "rm -f" has become so common-place that it's
> not funny anymore. There's a lesson to be learnt from Windows' mistakes:
> If users always get asked if they want to do something they initiated in
> the first place, they're much more likely to always confirm whatever
> comes their way.

Yes, the -i aliases are one of the other biggest frustrations with Red
Hat / Fedora systems.

-- 
Jesse Keating
Fedora -- All my bits are free, are yours?
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