On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 19:01 +0200, Dennis Schridde wrote: > On Samstag, 12. Oktober 2019 18:02:28 CEST William Hubbs wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 01:11:49PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote: > > > On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 13:00 +0200, David Seifert wrote: > > > > * Some distros have not just merged / and /usr, they > > > > > > > > have also merged /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. By giving > > > > users the choice of merging */bin and */sbin, > > > > Gentoo follows suit. > > > > > > What about the scenario when /bin has been merged with /usr/sbin > > > and /sbin with /usr/bin? ;-P > > > > I also don't see the need for something like this. The idea of the > > /usr > > merge is to have all binaries available in one place, and there > > really > > is not a good justification for separating bin from sbin. > > Do I read this correctly? USE=-split-usr currently means that /bin, > /sbin, / > usr/bin and /usr/sbin point to the same directory? > > If that is not the case, then I agree that users should have the > possibility > to set it up like this and USE=-split-sbin should be supported. > > --Dennis
I agree, I wasn't aware that USE=-split-usr implies the complete 2- level (/usr and *sbin) merge. In that case, all of this is obsolete.
