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On Sun, 1 Jan 2012 14:39:57 +0530 |
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Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Sven Vermeulen <swift@g.o> |
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> 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 |
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> >> in /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 |
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> > "split" between /bin and /usr/bin (and its related directories), |
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> > this isn't going to make it 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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Well, that /usr/bin idea of mine was quite hacky anyway. I don't think |
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we should even consider it here. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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