On 20/03/16 08:24, Stephanie Daugherty wrote: > I would argue vdev belongs in / rather than /usr because it is > likely to be necessary to mount filesystems and such.
I absolutely agree it should go in / > > The split is somewhat arbitrary these days but historically things > needed during the boot process and to repair the system have gone in > / while less essential bits have gone into /usr I don't think the split is arbitrary, although some have worked hard to break that structure and smear the history and wisdom of that design. > People do still partition that way sometimes so it's a good idea not > to break the system for them :) Indeed. Thor > > On Sat, Mar 19, 2016, 14:14 Rainer Weikusat > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > aitor_czr <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > writes: >> By default, PSTAT (a dependency of VDEV) is installed in >> "/usr/local", just as VDEV. >> >> As Daniel Raurich explained in another thread: >> >> [...] the "/usr/local" directory is for non-packaged local stuff >> [...] >> >> So, should i change this configuration for those packages, or >> should i skip debhelper's "dh_usrlocal" script adding: >> >> binary: dh binary --before dh_usrlocal dh binary --after >> dh_usrlocal >> >> to debian/rules? > > To which degree this actually makes a difference would be a good > question but the convention-so-far has been that distribution > provided stuff goes into / or /usr and that /usr/local can be used > as seen fit by whoever controls/ administrates a particular > installation. If the packaged vdev is supposed to become an integral > part of the OS/ distribution, it should honour the existing > convention unless there's a good reason for not doing this. > _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > > > > _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng > -- Daniel Reurich Centurion Computer Technology (2005) Ltd. 021 797 722
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