Brian Gupta writes:
> > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/community/arc/policies/install-locations/
> 
> After reviewing the opensolaris document, I feel that it is
> incomplete. For example, it does not touch upon /bin, and /lib, (and

Did you look at the man page?

> the diferences with /usr/bin and /usr/lib. My understanding was that
> if a command or library needed to be available for system
> bootstrapping it should be available in /bin or /lib. However, when it

That seems at least partially unlikely to me:

% ls -l /bin
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root     root           9 Apr 26 07:01 /bin -> ./usr/bin
% 

What OpenSolaris-based system are you using for reference?

> isn't critical it should go in /usr/bin /usr/lib. (/usr is allowed to
> be a seperate partition.)

Yes; indeed.  See filesystem(5).

As for /lib, it's partly missing from the current man page, though it
is mentioned.  That's a documentation bug.  Other than that, the split
between / and /usr is well-known, and is preserved in the system for
support of diskless operation and Zones.

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