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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: ulm@g.o, rdalek1967@×××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:03:16
Message-Id: 20120111180350.487043cb@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr by Ulrich Mueller
1 On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:44:31 +0100
2 Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote:
3
4 > >>>>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012, Michał Górny wrote:
5 >
6 > >> I think it is more like people do that when they have a good reason
7 > >> to do so. I plan to put mine on /usr when I get the chance and
8 > >> know that this init crap isn't going to break my rig. It's not
9 > >> being "awesome" either.
10 >
11 > > Remind me of a single good reason. Last time I heard those were
12 > > mostly hacks and laziness.
13 >
14 > /usr can be mounted readonly, while / and /var cannot?
15
16 What is the point of mounting the less important part of the system
17 read-only while the more important one is writable?
18
19 Also, it should be possible to mount rootfs read-only with
20 separate /var. Of course, that would require the software to be
21 actually FHS-compliant and not put runtime-written files in /etc.
22
23 --
24 Best regards,
25 Michał Górny

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Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@g.o> (prometheanfire)