On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:03:50 +0100
Michał Górny <mgo...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:44:31 +0100
> Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> 
> > >>>>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012, Michał Górny wrote:
> > 
> > >> I think it is more like people do that when they have a good
> > >> reason to do so.  I plan to put mine on /usr when I get the
> > >> chance and know that this init crap isn't going to break my
> > >> rig.  It's not being "awesome" either.
> > 
> > > Remind me of a single good reason. Last time I heard those were
> > > mostly hacks and laziness.
> > 
> > /usr can be mounted readonly, while / and /var cannot?
> 
> What is the point of mounting the less important part of the system
> read-only while the more important one is writable?
> 
> Also, it should be possible to mount rootfs read-only with
> separate /var. Of course, that would require the software to be
> actually FHS-compliant and not put runtime-written files in /etc.
> 

security?

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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)

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