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On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 8:00 AM David Seifert <soap@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Sun, 2019-10-13 at 12:33 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: |
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> > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 1:52 PM David Seifert <soap@g.o> |
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> > wrote: |
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> > > On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 19:01 +0200, Dennis Schridde wrote: |
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> > > > On Samstag, 12. Oktober 2019 18:02:28 CEST William Hubbs wrote: |
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> > > > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 01:11:49PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > > > > > On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 13:00 +0200, David Seifert wrote: |
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> > > > > > > * Some distros have not just merged / and /usr, they |
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> > > > > > > |
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> > > > > > > have also merged /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. By giving |
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> > > > > > > users the choice of merging */bin and */sbin, |
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> > > > > > > Gentoo follows suit. |
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> > > > > > |
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> > > > > > What about the scenario when /bin has been merged with |
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> > > > > > /usr/sbin |
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> > > > > > and /sbin with /usr/bin? ;-P |
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> > > > > |
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> > > > > I also don't see the need for something like this. The idea of |
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> > > > > the |
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> > > > > /usr |
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> > > > > merge is to have all binaries available in one place, and there |
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> > > > > really |
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> > > > > is not a good justification for separating bin from sbin. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > Do I read this correctly? USE=-split-usr currently means that |
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> > > > /bin, |
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> > > > /sbin, / |
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> > > > usr/bin and /usr/sbin point to the same directory? |
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> > > > |
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> > > > If that is not the case, then I agree that users should have the |
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> > > > possibility |
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> > > > to set it up like this and USE=-split-sbin should be supported. |
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> > > > |
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> > > > --Dennis |
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> > > |
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> > > I agree, I wasn't aware that USE=-split-usr implies the complete 2- |
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> > > level (/usr and *sbin) merge. In that case, all of this is |
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> > > obsolete. |
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> > That was NOT my intention when I introduced the split-usr USE flag. |
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> > For bin/sbin, I would prefer to drop any conflicting links |
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> > unconditionally. Do you have examples of scenarios where this is not |
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> > possible? |
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> > |
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> William has confirmed on IRC that USE=-split-usr performs the complete |
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> Fedora-esque /usr merge (which makes sense IMO). |
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William's opinion is not the only one that matters. |
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