On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 11:43:21 +0100
KatolaZ <katolaz@???> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:19:30AM +0000, Rowland Penny wrote:
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> > So, after reading Steve's enlightening description, I am with him,
> > the merge is only needed by systemd and seems to be a way of
> > forcing it on everybody, so I am against it.
> >
>
> It would be actually more productive to base this discussion on solid
> technical arguments.

Here's your technical argument: If you get rid of /sbin AND you
mount /usr on a separate partition, you cannot, under any circumstances,
boot without an initramfs.


SteveT

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