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On 2013-08-13 16:05, Alessio Ababilov wrote: |
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> "/usr merge" is the process of making /bin, /sbin, and /lib to be symlinks |
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> to corresponding directories in /usr. It is done in Fedora and several |
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> 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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So, how would this work for me who have /usr on a separate harddrive? |
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And what would be the benefit? To me, mentioning Fedora, makes the alarm |
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bells go off... |
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Best regards |
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Peter K |
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