Re: makesyscalls (moving forward)

[Greg Troxel <gdt%lexort.com@localhost>]

David Holland <dholland-tech%netbsd.org@localhost> writes:

> Meanwhile it doesn't belong in sbin because it doesn't require root,
> nor does doing something useful with it require root, and it doesn't
> need to be on /, so... usr.bin. Unless we think libexec is reasonable,
> but if 3rd-party code is going to be running it we really want it on
> the $PATH, so...

I agree with that logic, that makesyscalls is kind of like config, and
that /usr/bin makes sense.  There's nothing admin-ish about it, as
building an operating system is not about configuring the host.

We could have a directory for tools used only for building NetBSD that
are not otherwise useful, and put config and makesyscalls there, but
given that we aren't overwhelming bin in a way that causes trouble, that
doesn't seem like a good idea.