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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:14:51
Message-Id: 4F0DC357.6000202@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr by "Michał Górny"
1 Michał Górny wrote:
2 > On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 10:34:34 -0600
3 > Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
4 >
5 >> Michał Górny wrote:
6 >>> On Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:40:01 -0600
7 >>> Dale<rdalek1967@×××××.com> wrote:
8 >>>
9 >>>>>> I keep hoping that all the smart people involved in this will see
10 >>>>>> the mess it is creating. I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed
11 >>>>>> but I'm sharp enough to see the mess this is going to create and
12 >>>>>> I'm just a desktop user. I feel sorry for people with more
13 >>>>>> complicated systems or remote ones.
14 >>>>> The mess was created by people shouting 'hey, real men use
15 >>>>> separate /usr for no good reason! Be awesome like us'.
16 >>>>>
17 >>>> I think it is more like people do that when they have a good reason
18 >>>> to do so. I plan to put mine on /usr when I get the chance and
19 >>>> know that this init crap isn't going to break my rig. It's not
20 >>>> being "awesome" either.
21 >>> Remind me of a single good reason. Last time I heard those were
22 >>> mostly hacks and laziness.
23 >>>
24 >>
25 >> I already stated the reason. I'm going to put /usr on LVM. That is
26 >> not only a good reason, it is a GREAT reason.
27 > It is a hack.
28 >
29
30 How is putting /usr, /var, /home and such on LVM a hack? Your
31 definition of hack must have some really low standards. Does installing
32 Linux fall into your "hack" category to?
33
34 Dale
35
36 :-) :-)
37
38 --
39 I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
40
41 Miss the compile output? Hint:
42 EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"