On Wed, Jan 13, 1999 at 12:37:43AM +0000, M.C. Vernon wrote: > > I have thought about this some before and am very much in favor of > > making /usr a real directory which is optionally a separate filesystem > > IN DEBIAN HURD. It is very nice that the Hurd is flexible enough not > > to require /usr, but let's face it: the Debian operating system > > requires it. > > Distribution. It's important to be precise here - debian needs the /usr > directory because some scripts we may port will rely on / != /usr
Yes, Matthew is correct. We may want to isolate the packages which break, but this is beyond our current manpower capabilities. I don't want to enforce this, everybody is free to make usr a link, but he/she owns both halves if it breaks. I would welcome any effort to dig out these problems, though, and if somebody has found a problem or has a question, he is welcome to ask me or on the list. > > Let's just add that (removal of /usr) to the list of things to do > > (along with renaming /etc as /conf) when we decide to ditch Unix > > compatibility for whatever reason. > > Is this a suitable aim? ditching *NIX compatibility, I mean. It's okay if the Hurd programs don't run on other unicies. I would not like it if you can't make a unix program work on the Hurd at all. At some point we have to be brave enough and say: We have followed long enough, now we will go beyond emulation and try to improve. It's a long way though. Marcus -- "Rhubarb is no Egyptian god." Debian GNU/Linux finger brinkmd@ Marcus Brinkmann http://www.debian.org master.debian.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] for public PGP Key http://homepage.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/Marcus.Brinkmann/ PGP Key ID 36E7CD09
