On Mon, Nov 19, 2018 at 06:47:09PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote:
> Le 18/11/2018 à 01:21, Miroslav Skoric a écrit :
> > On 11/17/18 3:18 PM, Didier Kryn wrote:
> >
> >
> > <snip>
> >
> > >
> > >      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
>
>     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

Mine is more like 16G, It's still hard to find disks that small.

-- hendrik