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Zac Medico posted on Wed, 14 Mar 2012 10:52:48 -0700 as excerpted: |
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> On 03/14/2012 05:00 AM, James Cloos wrote: |
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>>>>>>> "MS" == Marc Schiffbauer <mschiff@g.o> writes: |
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>> MS> IIRC usr = unified system resources (not an abbrev. for "user") |
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>> Before sysv created /home, bsd used /usr for user dirs. |
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> Anyway, "unified system resources" makes a great retro-active acronym, |
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> don't you think? What's in a name? |
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It does, especially when it's literally the case, including a /usr/etc |
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bind-mounted on a tmpfs-based rootfs, that by login time, all that's |
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visible of rootfs is mountpoints, nothing else, and /usr literally IS the |
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"unified system resource" filesystem. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |