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    SubjectRe: [uClibc] Re: [OT] Re: The naming wars continue...
    On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 11:15:15PM +0200, Måns Rullgård wrote:
    > Dave Dodge <dododge@dododge.net> writes:
    > > If I recall correctly, in the GoboLinux case
    [...]
    > > I believe "/bin" is a symlink to the bin directory in the main
    > > install prefix, but there are patches so that while "/bin" can be
    > > used for lookups it does not appear when you list "/".
    >
    > If there's one thing I detest, it is such hiding of files. The GUI in
    > MacOSX does such things too, even /tmp is hidden there.

    I believe Gobo only has paths such as "/bin" for legacy compatibility
    (for example scripts starting with #!/bin/...). "/dev" is another
    case, since that isn't where Gobo puts its devices, but lots of things
    are going to assume they can use "/dev/zero" and "/dev/null".

    > It's visible from a shell though.

    Gobo actually does it in the kernel; whether that's better or worse
    depends on your point of view. There's a command-line tool "GoboHide"
    that provides a list of hidden things:

    http://gobolinux.org/index.php?page=doc/articles/gobohide

    I think all of the things hidden in a normal GoboLinux desktop are
    just legacy symlinks, and the real locations they point to are fully
    visible. Unlike MacOS, where the Finder ignores a lot of real
    directories and applications (I've been bitten there by "/tmp"
    myself).
    -Dave Dodge
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