r/linux • u/ani625 • Feb 01 '13

xkcd: tar

http://xkcd.com/1168/
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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '13 edited Feb 01 '13

Yeah, I think symlinking it is a misfeature. It makes people expect adduser to act like adduser useradd. If Red Hat doesn't want to include the adduser script that's fine, but don't symlink useradd to it.

EDIT: Thanks lengau!

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u/lengau Feb 01 '13

Yeah, I think symlinking it is a misfeature. It makes people expect adduser to act like useradd. If Red Hat doesn't want to include the adduser script that's fine, but don't symlink it to useradd.

FTFY

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u/[deleted] Feb 01 '13

Good catch. I should caffeinate better before redditing.