On Thu, Feb 07, 2002 at 02:18:20PM +0100, Daniel Phillips wrote:
> On February 7, 2002 05:13 am, Mike Touloumtzis wrote:
> >
> > The kernel is just a program, and this is a tools problem. You don't
> > see people arguing that cat's documentation should be moved into /bin/cat
> > in case administrators misplace "cat.1.gz".
>
> Cat is standard, kernels aren't. When was the last time you installed a
> custom cat?
I installed a custom rsync just the other day, and I did it by downloading
the Debian rsync source, patching it, and building a Debian package.
I would certainly do the same for cat if I needed to.
Sorry, I still don't see any fundamental difference.
miket
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