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> We're drifting here, but the concept is that machine-local stuff like |
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> configuration stays out of /usr, and generic distro stuff stays in |
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> /usr. |
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> A webserver for site1 vs site2 would be identical in /usr, but |
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> different elsewhere. |
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That has always been the case. In fact people have tried to |
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seperate /etc from / but it has proved too problematic. That's a |
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different issue entirely. If the proposal was / (etc) /root /usr. I |
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would be happy... if it worked. |
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'Write programs that do one thing and do it well. Write programs to work |
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together. Write programs to handle text streams, because that is a |
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universal interface' |
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(Doug McIlroy) |
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