On Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 02:23:39PM -0800, Noah Sombrero wrote: > On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 20:34:45 +0000, you wrote: > > >A couple of points to note here: > >1) It's not apt that decides where things get put. It's up to the > > individual packages - try "dpkg --contents your-favourite.deb" > >2) Most things *belong* in /usr. FHS dictates that. > >3) Nowadays you should be able to fit your complete install of linux on > > a single disk. (you may *want* to spread it across multiple disks, > > but that's another issue) > >4) You can always move selected subdirectories (/usr/bin, /usr/lib, > > /usr/X11R6, /usr/share) to other disks, either as separate > > filesystems or symlinks > > Hmm, yes I can move those directories and replace them with links or > just mount them to appropriate dirs under /usr. Did not think of that. > But still, apt has this little flaw it seems to me.
apt is flawed because your /usr/partition is too small and you did not think to use symlinks? That's hilarious. -- Nathan Norman - Micromuse Ltd. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Gil-galad was an Elven-king. | The Fellowship Of him the harpers sadly sing: | of the last whose realm was fair and free | the Ring between the Mountains and the Sea. | J.R.R. Tolkien
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