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On 17/12/2012 14:40, Kevin Chadwick wrote: |
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> /var sounds right but if /usr is still huge it may annoy some (like |
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> apt can) with smaller drives who now need lots of free space for new |
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> programs in both /usr and /var. Of course there is LVM. |
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Changing our defaults is unlikely to force users to change their settings. |
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> On OpenBSD the Auto partition map suggests /usr/ports /usr/src as |
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> seperate partitions as long as you have a fair amount of space. It |
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> possibly even suggests a seperate obj partition. The benefit being you |
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> can mkfs/newfs much quicker than deleting many many files. Security (DAC |
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> permission avoidance) and nuking more than what you wanted obviously |
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> needs consideration for that kind of function. |
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Honestly I would never take what OpenBSD does to face value. |
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But in general this is a call for users — myself I have been keeping |
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them split on the tinderbox host but merged into the rootfs for the laptops. |
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Diego Elio Pettenò — Flameeyes |
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