On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 02:11:34AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote:
> 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.
>

This is just inconsequential: you can easily have a non-usr-merged
live fs which installs on a usr-merged target.

KISS

KatolaZ

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