:: Re: [DNG] Packaging Vdev
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Skribent: Rainer Weikusat
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Emne: Re: [DNG] Packaging Vdev
Hendrik Boom <hendrik@???> writes:
> On Sat, Mar 19, 2016 at 07:24:48PM +0000, Stephanie Daugherty wrote:
>> I would argue vdev belongs in / rather than /usr because it is likely to
>> be necessary to mount filesystems and such.
>>
>> The split is somewhat arbitrary these days but historically things needed
>> during the boot process and to repair the system have gone in / while less
>> essential bits have gone into /usr
>>
>> People do still partition that way sometimes so it's a good idea not to
>> break the system for them :)
>
> My server has been running that way for years, with /usr containing
> only things not needed during boot.
>
> Isn't requiring /usr to hae been mounted for booting a systemd-ism?


"Sort of". The justification for the original "Separate /usr is broken"
text was that udev hardcodes /usr-paths, in particular, for its rules
directory.