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Re: chown in /sbin



>> Actually is it possibly to move the binaries without moving the
>> sources?

> Certainly possible.  We could put "reachover" build structure into
> the new parent directory, and leave the sources in their current
> location.

Do you need even that much?  How much of a mess would it be to (say)
have /usr/src/usr.sbin/foo build a binary which gets installed into
/bin/foo?  (Of course it's possible; it's just a question of how easy
it would be.)

> Now, whether that's desirable or not, that is a different question!

Entirely!

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