-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: >> I do believe you've missed the point. Splitting /usr from / helps in >> a teeny percentage of cases, and most of the cases where it "helps" >> that have been mentioned here, it actually doesn't. Yet, splitting >> /usr/lib, which is grotesquely huge and hard to deal with, is treated >> as an impossible thing, needing a great level of proof before it can >> be considered. This is very foolish. > > Thats why we need proof that it helps. Nobody has provided any numbers, > here. IMHO the performance benefits are a red herring. For myself at least, the general increase in tidiness would be far more beneficial. > You missed the point. It is not about getting rid of directories it is about > creating a new one. Not really; it's already in common use. However, all packages committing the sin of using it have to be specially patched or configured to remove the taint. - -- Roger Leigh Printing on GNU/Linux? http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net/ Debian GNU/Linux http://www.debian.org/ GPG Public Key: 0x25BFB848. Please sign and encrypt your mail. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.8 <http://mailcrypt.sourceforge.net/> iD8DBQFCik77VcFcaSW/uEgRAgySAJ45AQx5BOfCZsQOeJi6vOzDrFNHqgCeLOxs 9suFJefavjQNSlcxG5HXj28= =eNR8 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]