Bug#32263: Unexpected use of /cgi-bin/
On Fri, 22 Jan 1999, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Brian White wrote:
> > > If you file this as bug agains Apache you need to file it against all other
> > > httpd's that support cgi-bin as well. Thus I assume that you need to modify
> > > policy first.
> >
> > I figured I'd start with the big one and then work my way around. However,
> > somebody has reassign the bug to debian-policy since it is official Debian
> > policy to do it the way it is. I wish somebody had told me that when I
> > originally sent mail around asking for opinions about this idea.
>
> I'm sorry but I didn't see it - and I still don't see its benefits. Now it's
> up to the policy group anyway.
Do you see the benefits of having the package system control /usr/bin, and
the local admin putting his programs into /usr/local/bin?
The benefits are analogous.
Jules
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