On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 20:52:26 +0000, Simon wrote in message
<3A91E5C4-1603-40B5-B560-3F8BC8945865@???>:

> golinux@??? wrote:
>
> > Sooooo . . . if the choice to avoid the merge is only available
> > with debian-installer what does that mean for the live isos? Will
> > they be configured with or without the merge as default?
>
> Does it make any difference at all on a live ISO ? If it's setup
> merged, then anything referencing /bin (etc) will follow the symlink
> and access /usr/bin (etc). However, as the default for Devuan seems
> likely to be unmerged, then it would make sense for the live ISOs to
> be the same. Scripts etc will have to be written to deal with the
> unmerged (split) layout so nothing should break that way - unless the
> script is written by someone assuming that nothing in the world runs
> unsplit any more. Any such scripts will need fixing to run on
> installed systems anyway, so would then run on a live ISO with split
> directories.

..worth noting here that some like to use live iso|usb to rescue
systems, or even as system installers, so our live iso|usbs should
be like our target systems.

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...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
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