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On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 09:39:59AM -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 10:38 PM, Joshua Kinard <kumba@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Correct me if wrong, but didn't the issue start with udev wanting to put the |
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> > PCI ID database/file into /usr/share from /etc? |
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> Well, I can't vouch for what the first issue that arose was, but I do |
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> recall discussion that bluetooth keyboards also required libraries in |
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> /usr. |
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> Right now it takes less common situations to trigger problems with a |
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> separate /usr, but the general trend is not favorable. It isn't just |
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> software changes either - if I told somebody 15 years ago that USB |
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> keyboards were going to be problematic but standard PS2 keyboards |
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> would always work just fine, they'd say there was nothing to worry |
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> about since PS2 keyboards would always be around. For all we know in |
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> 5 years you won't be able to buy a USB keyboard. |
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> So, udev has been pushing things along to some extent, but the problem |
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> is definitely bigger than udev. |
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I'm glad someone else on this list finally realizes that udev did not break |
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separate /usr on its own. I've been trying to explain this to people |
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here for ages. |
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It isn't just programs that use libraries in /usr/lib that are broken. |
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Any program in early boot that tries to access data files in /usr/share |
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before /usr is mounted is broken, so for example, locales do not |
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work before /usr is mounted. |
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William |
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