On 04/14/2011 02:01 PM, Vaclav Mocek wrote:
> On 03/10/2011 05:08 PM, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
>> Kam Leo wrote:
>>> It probably has less to do with the boot process and more with disto
>>> upgrading; i.e. less likely that user files get clobbered if /usr is
>>> separate.
>> Nope. It has everything to do with booting. Some packages in /bin
>> depended on libs in /usr/lib{64} so calling the init script before /usr
>> is mounted would fail. There's a discussion about this in the devel list
>> if you search the history for it.
> I thought that programs in /bin and /sbin are not dynamically linked ....Nope - That's an urban legend. Programs below /bin and /sbin are supposed not to access anything below /usr (e.g. be dynamically linked to anything below /usr/lib), c.f.: http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#BINESSENTIALUSERCOMMANDBINARIES and http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#SBINSYSTEMBINARIES Ralf -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
