On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 22:11:15 -0800, Noah Sombrero wrote: >On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 03:13:49 -0000, you wrote: > >>hi, >> >>couldn't you copy over /usr to a new drive and then mount the new drive to >>/usr ??? >> >>Chris > >I think that is the best suggestion that I have received. In fact, I probably >will >do that. But, my gut feeling is that computers should serve us rather than >the other way around. There should be a software solution.
I don't understand your problem. Are you out of disc space, or did you just mis-apportion your partitions? Either way the problem is not that packagers set up their apps to reside in /usr. The problem is that you need to re-partition or get another disc. The Filesystem Hierarchy Standards (FHS) http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ do just what you want. By standardizing file locations, you are much better able to control your applications. Would you insist on putting your conf/init files just anywhere? Or does putting them in /etc, where every programmer knows the path, make sense? Not enough room on your /var partition? Put your log or mail files just god knows where, right? Of course you'll need to hack some source (and compile it yourself) to indicate where to send mail and log info. No biggie, make all programmers include the option in their conf files. Oops, where the hell is that file parked? Take a look at the standards. I think you'll see that the end result is to make your life easier where the file system is concerned. -- gt Everything here could be wrong--Messiah's Handbook--Bach -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
