On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 06:47:09PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 18/11/2018 à 01:21, Miroslav Skoric a écrit : > > On 11/17/18 3:18 PM, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > > > > <snip> > > > > > > > > The advantage of separating /usr is it can be mounted after > > > boot. /bin and /sbin (and /lib) contain the critical applications > > > (and library) necessary to boot the system, and they are, by > > > necessity, part of the root filesystem. Merging /usr means, actually > > > merging /usr/bin with /bin, /usr/sbin with /sbin and /usr/lib with > > > /lib. > > > > > > Merging /usr means all the bloat from /usr/bin and /usr/lib > > > will now be in /bin and /lib (not so much bloat in /usr/sbin). This > > > has very > > > > > > Two more questions: > > > > 1. Installing (too many) software from repositories tends to fill in > > /usr to the point it screams for space (particularly in older machines > > with smaller HDD). However it seems to me that the root filesystem is > > still happy in such cases. But what in case of merger? Can the whole > > system be rendered unusable? (Or screaming?) > > > > 2. What about local compilations of various 3rd party software that > > usually go to /usr/local/bin, sbin, lib, ... in case of merger will they > > all go to the root filesystem? More potential trouble? Yes/No? Tnx. > > > > Misko > > Debian/Devuan's /usr fits easily in say 8GB. Hard to find such small > disks today. So disk space isn't really an issue in my opinion. I'm not > speaking of special embeded or hand-held systems. There is no objection to > making /usr/local a mountpoint. > > Didier
Mine is more like 16G, It's still hard to find disks that small. -- hendrik _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
