On Mon, 19 Nov 2018 09:20:58 +0100, KatolaZ wrote in message <[email protected]>:
> On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 02:11:34AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 20:52:26 +0000, Simon wrote in message > > <[email protected]>: > > > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > Sooooo . . . if the choice to avoid the merge is only available > > > > with debian-installer what does that mean for the live isos? > > > > Will they be configured with or without the merge as > > > > default? > > > > > > Does it make any difference at all on a live ISO ? If it's setup > > > merged, then anything referencing /bin (etc) will follow the > > > symlink and access /usr/bin (etc). However, as the default for > > > Devuan seems likely to be unmerged, then it would make sense for > > > the live ISOs to be the same. Scripts etc will have to be written > > > to deal with the unmerged (split) layout so nothing should break > > > that way - unless the script is written by someone assuming that > > > nothing in the world runs unsplit any more. Any such scripts will > > > need fixing to run on installed systems anyway, so would then run > > > on a live ISO with split directories. > > > > ..worth noting here that some like to use live iso|usb to rescue > > systems, or even as system installers, so our live iso|usbs should > > be like our target systems. > > > > This is just inconsequential: you can easily have a non-usr-merged > live fs which installs on a usr-merged target. > > KISS ..precisely, now let the usr-merged fanbois show us usr-merged live iso installers install correctly on non-usr-merged targets. ;o) -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
