On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:27:27 +0300 Samuli Suominen <ssuomi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > Since running separate /usr without mounting it from initramfs on top > of / before init is and has been broken with udev for a long time > now[1][2][3] > > [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364235 > [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove#Move_all_to_.2Fusr > [3] > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken > > Can we warn users about not doing the separate /usr mistake in the > handbook?
It's important to consider the timeline here. Separate /usr was accidentally broken by a sudden increase in dependencies from base system packages to desktopy things. It was only later that certain people decided that "oh, separate /usr is a bad idea anyway", and they did so because they couldn't figure out how to fix the mess they'd caused. This is very much a case of carelessly letting the horse escape and then trying to convince everyone that no-one needs a horse anyway... -- Ciaran McCreesh
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