On 18/11/18 01:24, KatolaZ wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 09:14:06PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote:
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>>
>> # Those are a non-serious suggestion and a rethorical question, in case
>> # that didn't come across.
>>
>> So, I'm against a *forced* /usr merge. I hope Debian does the right
>> thing but if necessary, I would like to see Devuan correct the wrong.
>> However, let's focus on init freedom (and beowulf) first!
>>
>
> The current default in debootstrap from Debian is to merge /usr, so
> buster installs will have /usr merged. This is not a problem at all
> for Devuan atm, since we forked debootstrap and base-installer and can
> act there to put back the default to non-merged /usr in Beowulf,
> leaving the option to the user to choose otherwise.
>
> More choice == more freedom ;)
>
> HND
>
> KatolaZ

I concur, for the purely practical reason that switching to a merged
/usr is trivial, but switching back is a horrible process of unwinding
all those symlinks - probably easier to reinstall.


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