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Lähettäjä: Didier Kryn
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Aihe: Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??
Le 18/11/2018 à 01:21, Miroslav Skoric a écrit :
> On 11/17/18 3:18 PM, Didier Kryn wrote:
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> <snip>
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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
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> Two more questions:
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> 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


    Debian/Devuan's /usr fits easily in say 8GB. Hard to find such
small disks today. So disk space isn't really an issue in my opinion.
I'm not speaking of special embeded or hand-held systems. There is no
objection to making /usr/local a mountpoint.

        Didier