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On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 07:59:47PM -0600, William Hubbs wrote: |
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>> The goal is to deprecate /bin, /lib, /sbin and /usr/sbin. My |
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>> understanding is that they want to move software that is installed in |
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>> /bin, /sbin and /usr/sbin to /usr/bin. Also, they want to move |
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>> everything from /lib to /usr/lib. |
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> I don't like this one bit. Things used to be simple with the "split" between |
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> /bin and /usr/bin (and its related directories), this isn't going to make it |
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> more simple. |
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Actually, I've always thought that the split between /usr/bin and /bin |
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was quite arbitrary. However, I would like to note that merging /bin |
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and /usr/bin would break some app combinations like bzip2+pbzip2, so |
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that problem also needs to be solved (via eselect perhaps). |
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Overall, this change "feels" wrong to me, but there's nothing |
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intrinsically wrong with what they're suggesting. OTOH, it's probably |
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just going to cause chaos and further divergence between distros for |
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little gain. |
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~Nirbheek Chauhan |
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