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From: Jaco Kroon <jaco@××××××.za>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o, mjo@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/6] Make 'split-usr' USE flag global and use it in gen_usr_ldscript
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2019 08:43:57
Message-Id: f6895f95-5075-3e2f-eb8c-00960853f48b@uls.co.za
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 0/6] Make 'split-usr' USE flag global and use it in gen_usr_ldscript by William Hubbs
1 Hi,
2
3 Ok, so to me that still makes sense.  So you just still motivated to me
4 why a separate /usr is still a good idea, not why it should be merged.
5
6 There are some arbitrary rules there that doesn't make sense.
7
8 The real question then really is, why are we merging into /usr and not
9 back into /?
10
11 Kind Regards,
12 Jaco
13
14 On 2019/07/15 17:37, William Hubbs wrote:
15 > On Mon, Jul 15, 2019 at 10:51:46AM -0400, Michael Orlitzky wrote:
16 >> On 7/15/19 10:45 AM, Jaco Kroon wrote:
17 >>> I have no idea who wrote this:
18 >>>
19 >>> "The historical justification for a /bin, /sbin and /lib separate from
20 >>> /usr no longer applies today." but I strongly disagree.
21 >> All of that stuff is written from the perspective of "I feel like doing
22 >> it this way in systemd, so I need to post-hoc justify making everyone
23 >> else go along with it."
24 > Also add this:
25 >
26 > https://www.osnews.com/story/25556/understanding-the-bin-sbin-usrbin-usrsbin-split/
27 >
28 > In particular, note Rob Landley's response linked in that story.
29 >
30 > So, this has nothing to do with systemd at all, please stop conflating
31 > it.
32 >
33 > William