On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 02:11:34AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 20:52:26 +0000, Simon wrote in message > <3a91e5c4-1603-40b5-b560-3f8bc8945...@thehobsons.co.uk>: > > > goli...@dyne.org wrote: > > > > > Sooooo . . . if the choice to avoid the merge is only available > > > with debian-installer what does that mean for the live isos? Will > > > they be configured with or without the merge as default? > > > > Does it make any difference at all on a live ISO ? If it's setup > > merged, then anything referencing /bin (etc) will follow the symlink > > and access /usr/bin (etc). However, as the default for Devuan seems > > likely to be unmerged, then it would make sense for the live ISOs to > > be the same. Scripts etc will have to be written to deal with the > > unmerged (split) layout so nothing should break that way - unless the > > script is written by someone assuming that nothing in the world runs > > unsplit any more. Any such scripts will need fixing to run on > > installed systems anyway, so would then run on a live ISO with split > > directories. > > ..worth noting here that some like to use live iso|usb to rescue > systems, or even as system installers, so our live iso|usbs should > be like our target systems. >
This is just inconsequential: you can easily have a non-usr-merged live fs which installs on a usr-merged target. KISS KatolaZ -- [ ~.,_ Enzo Nicosia aka KatolaZ - Devuan -- Freaknet Medialab ] [ "+. katolaz [at] freaknet.org --- katolaz [at] yahoo.it ] [ @) http://kalos.mine.nu --- Devuan GNU + Linux User ] [ @@) http://maths.qmul.ac.uk/~vnicosia -- GPG: 0B5F062F ] [ (@@@) Twitter: @KatolaZ - skype: katolaz -- github: KatolaZ ]
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