Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 23/11/18 at 14:25, KatolaZ wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 01:09:17PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > [cut] > >> >>> Devuan is currently used in a mutlitude of >>> environments that include server farms, corporate and personal >>> servers, embedded systems, personal devices, and desktops.

Re: [DNG] Devuan Jessie + Huawei USB modems

2018-11-23 Thread Adam Borowski
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 01:28:00PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > On 23/11/18 at 12:02, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > > On 11/22/18 4:28 PM, ael wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 03:10:15PM +0100, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > >>> > >>> What is needed to install so that Devuan Jessie recognizes Huawei >

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread KatolaZ
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 01:09:17PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: [cut] > > > > Devuan is currently used in a mutlitude of > > environments that include server farms, corporate and personal > > servers, embedded systems, personal devices, and desktops. So any > > choice Devuan will make has

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread golinux
On 2018-11-23 09:03, Alessandro Selli wrote: On 23/11/18 at 14:32, Stephan Seitz wrote: Again, are you doing the work for your setup you care so much?   Yes, I am.  It's me who designs the filesystem layout when I chose "Manual" in the install program menu.   It's me who reconfigures the

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread golinux
On 2018-11-23 07:32, Stephan Seitz wrote: [trim] Since Devuan and Debian are build by volunteers they will do what they want to do. If no one is interested in keeping the choices they will fade away. Will you step forward and work to keep the choices? [trim] Again, are you doing the

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Stephan Seitz
On Fr, Nov 23, 2018 at 01:09:17 +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote:   I do get the reasons the merge proponents prefer this filesystem layout.  What I rant against is their choices being imposed on me. They are not imposed on you. No one is going to your desktop/server and is changing your disc

Re: [DNG] no-usr-merged: let's get concrete

2018-11-23 Thread Clarke Sideroad
On 2018-11-19 10:08 a.m., KatolaZ wrote: We are not saying we will ask the question to all the users. The "knob" will be probably available only in expert install, once we are sure that there are no major issues there, and the default will most probably be non-merged-usr. For testing purposes it

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 23/11/18 at 14:32, Stephan Seitz wrote: > On Fr, Nov 23, 2018 at 01:09:17 +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: >>   I do get the reasons the merge proponents prefer this filesystem >> layout.  What I rant against is their choices being imposed on me. > > They are not imposed on you. No one is going

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 23/11/18 at 15:52, KatolaZ wrote: > On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 02:52:00PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > [cut] > >> >>   My rants were an answer to a (former) Debian maintainer/devloper who >> was on this list justifying the necessity of Debian's / -> merge based >> on  the specific needs of

Re: [DNG] Is Didier another troll? Re: /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread KatolaZ
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 05:58:39PM +0100, Edward Bartolo wrote: > KatolaZ wrote: "Personal insults are not tolerated here." > > Really?! But YOU CAN INSULT as this mailing list unequivocally proves. > The hypocracy is beyond belief. Dear Edward, I am pretty sure that I have never used offensive

Re: [DNG] Devuan Jessie + Huawei USB modems

2018-11-23 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 23/11/18 at 17:02, Adam Borowski wrote: > Back in 2002, I made a pictorial HOWTO wrt dealing with Wintendo-only > modems: https://angband.pl/fun/winmodem/ -- as you can see, they can be a > tough nut to crack. This HOWTO hasn't lost a bit of its value.   LOL!  This is getting mad a a piece

[DNG] Is Didier another troll? Re: /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Edward Bartolo
KatolaZ wrote: "Personal insults are not tolerated here." Really?! But YOU CAN INSULT as this mailing list unequivocally proves. The hypocracy is beyond belief. ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org

Re: [DNG] Devuan Jessie + Huawei USB modems

2018-11-23 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 23/11/18 at 12:02, Miroslav Skoric wrote: > On 11/22/18 4:28 PM, ael wrote: > >> On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 03:10:15PM +0100, Miroslav Skoric wrote: >>> >>> What is needed to install so that Devuan Jessie recognizes Huawei >>> modems: >>> >>> - Huawei Mobile Connect - 3G modem (Wintendo sees it as

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread KatolaZ
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 02:52:00PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: [cut] > > >   My rants were an answer to a (former) Debian maintainer/devloper who > was on this list justifying the necessity of Debian's / -> merge based > on  the specific needs of datacenters or his own personal tastes. > >

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Roger Leigh
On 22/11/2018 22:24, Alessandro Selli wrote: On 22/11/18 at 19:21, Roger Leigh wrote: On 21/11/2018 16:11, Alessandro Selli wrote: On 21/11/18 at 13:17, Roger Leigh wrote: Hi folks, I've been following the discussion with interest.    No, you definitely have not followed it.  In fact you

Re: [DNG] Devuan Jessie + Huawei USB modems

2018-11-23 Thread Miroslav Skoric
On 11/22/18 4:28 PM, ael wrote: On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 03:10:15PM +0100, Miroslav Skoric wrote: What is needed to install so that Devuan Jessie recognizes Huawei modems: - Huawei Mobile Connect - 3G modem (Wintendo sees it as such) - Huawei USB modem E3372 4G - Huawei Mobile Wifi router

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 23/11/18 at 06:26, KatolaZ wrote: > On Thu, Nov 22, 2018 at 11:24:05PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: >> On 22/11/18 at 19:21, Roger Leigh wrote: >>> On 21/11/2018 16:11, Alessandro Selli wrote: On 21/11/18 at 13:17, Roger Leigh wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been following the

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 22/11/2018 à 21:55, Alessandro Selli a écrit : On 22/11/18 at 16:25, Didier Kryn wrote: Le 22/11/2018 à 13:25, Alessandro Selli a écrit : chown -R a-w /bin chown -R a-w /sbin chown -R a-w /lib     Sorry, I meant chmod.     Mounting read-only isn't more secure than marking a directory

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Ismael L. Donis Garcia
Best Regards -- Ismael - Original Message - From: "KatolaZ" To: Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2018 12:39 AM Subject: Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question I would be more inclined towards leaving the dialog more or less as it is but making it only available

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 23/11/18 at 18:26, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2018-11-23 09:03, Alessandro Selli wrote: >> On 23/11/18 at 14:32, Stephan Seitz wrote: >>> >>> Again, are you doing the work for your setup you care so much? >> >> >>   Yes, I am.  It's me who designs the filesystem layout when I chose >>

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Dear Roger. Roger Leigh - 23.11.18, 18:01: […] > On a personal note: I spent well over a decade working on different > parts of Debian and loved being a part of it, and had many friends > there. I left the Debian project after enduring over two years of > abusive and disrespectful

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 23/11/18 at 23:17, Roger Leigh wrote: > So if you're insistent upon retaining a separate /usr, that shouldn't > be a problem.   Tomorrow morning at 4:00 o'clock I'll wake everyone up ringing the Church's bells to celebrate. -- Alessandro Selli VOIP SIP: dhatarat...@ekiga.net Chiave firma

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 23/11/18 at 18:10, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2018-11-23 07:32, Stephan Seitz wrote: >> > > [trim] > >> Since Devuan and Debian are build by volunteers they will do what they >> want to do. If no one is interested in keeping the choices they will >> fade away. Will you step forward and work

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Roger Leigh
On 22/11/2018 18:21, Roger Leigh wrote: Before I follow up on any of the points you (and others) made in response, let me begin with some history you may be unaware of.  It actually predates systemd, and is largely unrelated to systemd. I just rediscovered

Re: [DNG] no-usr-merged: let's get concrete

2018-11-23 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 11/22/18 11:36 PM, Jimmy Johnson wrote: On 11/19/18 3:17 AM, KatolaZ wrote: Hi All, in the last few days we have seen many people going at lengths with the pros and cons of a non-merged usr. That has been a great discussion. We have put together a solution that consists into choosing if you

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread KatolaZ
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 09:45:50PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: [cut] > > What I hear in the preceding paragraph is that dpkg considers / > and /usr a package deal (no pun intended), and so can't abide an NFS > mounted /usr. Telling people to merge / and /usr for this reason is > fixing the symptom

Re: [DNG] no-usr-merged: let's get concrete

2018-11-23 Thread KatolaZ
On Fri, Nov 23, 2018 at 10:15:54PM -0800, Jimmy Johnson wrote: [cut] > > > Ignore the above post. It was a fluke, I've tested two more systems with no > problem running anything after I su to root and that's a good thing. :) > > Thanks, Thanks a lot Jimmy. HND KatolaZ -- [ ~.,_ Enzo

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question

2018-11-23 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 21 Nov 2018 12:17:21 + Roger Leigh wrote: > Hi folks, > > I've been following the discussion with interest. It's certainly not > a new discussion, since I remember debating it a good few years back, > but there are still the same opinions and thoughts on the topic that > I remember