On Mon, Dec 16, 2002 at 01:56:08AM +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 11:47:09PM +0100, pancake wrote: > > PD: another thing... Why dont remove the /usr link and make it as > > directory...Yes could be hard...but it's a necessary change, sooner or > > later we must change that. Why don't now? > > You misunderstood the purpose of the link. The goal is to get rid of /usr, > not to have it as a real directory. > > Marcus
IMHO, since the ext2 translator doesn't support partitions of more than 1GB, I think it is a necessary change. After all the link will not break the File Hierarchy Standard to which Debian is compliant? A /usr partition read-only can diminish the negative effects of the still often HURD panics and crashes. Piotr -- PGP key id = 90207FD8 Key fingerprint = ABA1 4880 0346 A8D2 CA57 EC24 45CB 9608 9020 7FD8 ICQ nr. = 101364861
