Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/6] Make 'split-usr' USE flag global and use it in gen_usr_ldscript

[William Hubbs]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:51:46AM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
> On 7/15/19 10:45 AM, Jaco Kroon wrote:
> > I have no idea who wrote this:
> >
> > "The historical justification for a /bin, /sbin and /lib separate from
> > /usr no longer applies today." but I strongly disagree.
>
> All of that stuff is written from the perspective of "I feel like doing
> it this way in systemd, so I need to post-hoc justify making everyone
> else go along with it."

Also add this:

https://www.osnews.com/story/25556/understanding-the-bin-sbin-usrbin-usrsbin-split/

In particular, note Rob Landley's response linked in that story.

So, this has nothing to do with systemd at all, please stop conflating
it.

William