On 11/17/18 3:18 PM, Didier Kryn wrote:


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>
>     The advantage of separating /usr is it can be mounted after boot.
> /bin and /sbin (and /lib) contain the critical applications (and
> library) necessary to boot the system, and they are, by necessity, part
> of the root filesystem. Merging /usr means, actually merging /usr/bin
> with /bin, /usr/sbin with /sbin and /usr/lib with /lib.
>
>     Merging /usr means all the bloat from /usr/bin and /usr/lib will
> now be in /bin and /lib (not so much bloat in /usr/sbin). This has very


Two more questions:

1. Installing (too many) software from repositories tends to fill in
/usr to the point it screams for space (particularly in older machines
with smaller HDD). However it seems to me that the root filesystem is
still happy in such cases. But what in case of merger? Can the whole
system be rendered unusable? (Or screaming?)

2. What about local compilations of various 3rd party software that
usually go to /usr/local/bin, sbin, lib, ... in case of merger will they
all go to the root filesystem? More potential trouble? Yes/No? Tnx.

Misko