On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 6:49 PM, Sven Joachim <svenj...@gmx.de> wrote: > Maybe we're talking at cross-purposes here; I was speaking about the > case of turning a directory into a symlink on upgrades, which cannot > safely be done while there are still files under it. > > Thinking more about it, this cannot be done even if all packages move > their files away from /usr, since an unknown amount of stuff exists > under /usr/local, so /usr can ever only be made a symlink to / for new > installs (or by the sysadmin).
I think it's about /usr/lib being a symlink to /lib. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktikemwa0ah_z9-y+erod3odxhubzud7r6eyr5...@mail.gmail.com