In article <1992Oct22.183432.10858@INRS-Telecom.UQuebec.CA> hollan@INRS-Telecom.UQuebec.CA (Rene Hollan) writes:
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> Does lilo belong in /usr/bin or /etc/lilo?

lilo (and all its relatives) should be in /etc/lilo for the following
reasons:

  - it is consistent with the good tradition to keep files that are
    needed for system recovery on the root partition.
  - it doesn't get in the way with other things (thus is isn't in
    /etc) and there is room for expansion (e.g. new chain loaders)
  - typically, /etc/lilo/lilo isn't invoked directly by the user.
  - /etc/lilo/install runs /etc/lilo/lilo. It's sort of an executable
    configuration file (like /etc/rc) which wouldn't really belong
    into /bin or /usr/bin.

Of course, it's ultimately a question of personal preferences where
one puts those files, but keeping them in /etc/lilo at least makes
updates quite a bit easier. (make install; /etc/lilo/install)

- Werner
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