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</sect2>
+<sect2>
+<title>FHS compliance notes</title>
+
+<para>
+There is a command installed in this package which is named test. It is often
+used in shell scripts to evaluate conditions, but if more often encountered
+under the form <command>[ condition ]</command>. These brackets are built into
+the bash interpreter, but the FHS dictates that there should exist a
+<filename>[</filename> binary. We create that in this way, while still in the
+<filename>/usr/bin</filename> directory:
+</para>
+
+<blockquote><literallayout>
+ <userinput>ln -s test [</userinput>
+</literallayout></blockquote>
+
+</sect2>
+