On Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 12:03:37PM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 09:40:14 +0100 > KatolaZ <kato...@freaknet.org> wrote: > > > On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 04:51:43PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > > > [cut] > > > > > > > > ACK. Just like to point out that Devuan might run into packages > > > that have already moved programs that really ought to be in /bin > > > or /sbin over to /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. > > > > > > Image bash getting installed in /usr/bin/bash. With the merged /usr > > > scenario that's not a problem because /bin is a symlink to /usr/bin > > > and all you #!/bin/bash scripts will continue to work just fine. > > > In the non-merged scenario /bin/bash will not exist and all hell > > > breaks loose. > > > > Let's solve first the problems that we have now, instead of trying to > > solve the problems that we do not have as yet (and might not ever have > > at all), OK? :) > > > > There is no reason so far for the packagers of basic utilities to > > massively move their stuff under /usr/bin and/or /usr/sbin. So let's > > keep calm and carry on ;) > > And besides all that, a few symlinks or hardlinks solves the problem > if it ever does come to pass.
Only, of course, if /usr is already mounted. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
