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On 08/13/13 18:05, Alessio Ababilov wrote: |
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> "/usr merge" is the process of making /bin, /sbin, and /lib to be |
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> symlinks to corresponding directories in /usr. It is done in Fedora and |
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> several other distros now, and also in Solaris 15 years ago. |
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> Benefits from /usr merge are described here: |
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> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/ |
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> Technical details are here: |
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> http://aababilov.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/usr-merge-in-gentoo/ |
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> In few words, the script is run once to merge /usr on a running system. |
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> Also, the script is installed in post_src_install hook to perform /usr |
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> merge during package updates or installations. |
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The site doesn't describe any real problems. |
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Also I don't see how the current dir tree is not compatible |
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with gnu autoconf/automake. |
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Stop talking and start compiling. |
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Linux user #557897 |
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