Fedora 42 RPM /usr/sbin and /usr/bin

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There appears to be a change in Fedora 42 regarding the use of /usr/sbin.
I have an RPM package that uses the variable %{_sbindir}. It has resolved to
/usr/sbin in all versions prior to F42 but in F42 it is resolving to /usr/bin.

Can anyone tell me if this is a bug or a feature? If it’s a bug I’ll put in a ticket but I don’t want to anoy anyone if it is a deliberate action.

Michael

forty-one $ cat /etc/fedora-release && rpm --eval %{_sbindir}
Fedora release 41 (Forty One)
/usr/sbin

forty-two $ cat /etc/fedora-release && rpm --eval %{_sbindir}
Fedora release 42 (Forty Two)
/usr/bin
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It is a feature, see Changes/Unify bin and sbin - Fedora Project Wiki

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"The change should be mostly invisible for users. "

I guess not me :weary_cat:

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First it has been said it will not go for F42, but then there has been done already a lot of work. If you find errors in packages you are installing, please report so that it can be fixed.

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Its in F42

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Yes, have a look here:

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It is done gradually. Commands found in /usr/sbin are moved to /usr/bin and a symbolic link to the command is created in /usr/sbin. This hasn’t happened for all packages yet.

In the future, when all commands have been moved, /usr/sbin will become a symbolic link to /usr/bin, just like /bin is a symbolic link to /usr/bin.

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You are in the role of a developer not a user.
Thus you see the change ss you build an rpm for f42.

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Actually it’s already merged and symlinked from the start for new F42 installations, and
only upgrading from previous releases may require manual action:
F42 Change Proposal: Unify /usr/bin and /usr/sbin (System-Wide) - #33 by vgaetera

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