On Wed, Sep 14, 2016 at 02:38:09PM +0000, Felipe Sateler wrote: > On Tue, 13 Sep 2016 22:36:58 +0200, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > debootstrap in unstable can now install with merged-/usr, that is with > > /bin, /sbin, /lib* being symlinks to their counterpart in /usr. Run > > > > debootstrap --merged-usr testing .../testing > > http://deb.debian.org/debian > > > > to give it a try. > > > > It has been previously suggested to make this the default for (at least) > > new installations. I think Russ' earlier mail[1] explains quite well > > why the "split" between / and /usr doesn't really work out for Debian > > these days and that trying to maintain it for some configurations (which > > are not documented) is mostly busy-work. There is also a nice article > > on LWN[2] summarizing earlier discussions. > > > > I found these arguments convincing enough and would like to see the > > default switched to merged-/usr for Stretch and later. Possibly also > > switching systems on upgrade to the new scheme (not necessarily already > > in the Stretch release cycle). > > I agree that merging /usr is a good thing to do. We should default to > that, and at some point force the merge somehow (via the usrmerge package? > ). Ideally, stretch systems that are fresh-installed should have the same > configuration as stretch-upgraded systems, otherwise confusion will ensue. >
Hi, Except that breaks having different mount points, which is useful to enforce different mount options (my /usr is nodev,ro). Does this mean this cannot be supported anymore ? It would be a step backward, security-speaking, if split /usr does not work at all. Regards, Pierre
