On Monday 30 January 2012 07:40:11 pm Gerard Beekmans wrote: > > Just don't fall into change for the sake of change. > > Good point. > > > Lookup the bumblebee fiasco on google, > > The bumble devs had a line rm -rf /usr /lib<what ever> in a install > > script so you installed the app and your /usr was gone. > > > > Do you really want everything in /usr? > > A typo is a typo. Say you wanted everything in /usr/local/lib/googlestuff > > A typo could easily be "rm -rf / usr/local/lib/googlestuff" - I've made > that mistake once in my life. It doesn't matter where you put stuff in > the end. It won't be safe from a typo.
If the filsystem was mounted ro you would be safe. My point was if everything is in /usr would it not be harder to correct the typo? If the filesystems are split up you can some what protect against the "typo" things. I mount things as ro and only have the things I need to change mounted rw. Saved me a number of times it did. Also I use lvm snapshots so if I did hose root I can restore it without too mch of a problem. > > > Everybody can purse the change if that is what they want, just leave > > enough of the old for me. > > That's why when change happens slowly it's often better. It gives > everybody a sense of being able to keep up and not feel the rug is > pulled out from under them every 6 months. > > There are days I like pulling the rub out from under me just so learn > something new. Other days I'd like things to stay the same so I can take > a breather once in a while and not be out of date within a few months. > > Gerard -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
