]] "Perry E. Metzger" | In the embedded space, which I know a lot about, it is true that the | root FS is on flash or other expensive media -- but it isn't like /usr | is on cheaper media in such an environment, it is always part of the | root fs anyway, so it makes no difference.
Take a look at the N900 where most of the user-installed applications are on /home (well, /opt, but that's a symlink to /opt/home), which is a 32GB eMMC flash, while the root file system is a 256MB NAND flash, which is vastly more expensive. So while the situation you are describing might be common, it's not always true. [...] | I have no actual expectation that anyone is going to change how this | is done, because /usr is so heavily ingrained in people's experience | of Unix even though it is an onion. What I'd like to see happen here is that having /usr a symlink to / becoming a supported configuration. I keep meaning to set up a system like that and see what breaks, but haven't gotten around to it yet. -- Tollef Fog Heen UNIX is user friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87zkwm9399....@qurzaw.linpro.no
