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Emne: Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question
On 21/11/2018 16:24, Alessandro Selli wrote:
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>   So, you agree then that:

I agree from your point of view for your single specific use case.

Generally I totally disagree, I manage a diskless cluster that depends
on NFS mounted /usr.

It doesn't matter to the cluster nodes that the package manager treats
/bin and/usr/bin co-jointly on the file server host.

e.g. /bin/mount is not version dependant on /usr

Utilities locally under /sbin & /bin are useful on the nodes when
something goes pear shaped and /usr is not available.

>
>  1. A separate /usr serves no practical purpose on a Debian/Devuan system;
>  2. sharing /usr over NFS "is not practical" (no matter it's been done
>     for decades);
>  3. "you can't split the package database between separate systems"
>     (whatever this means, who needs to split the package database and why?);
>  4. having / and /usr constitute a "managed whole" is the only sensible
>     way to go;
>  5. "there is no practical purpose to the separation as in (1) above";
>  6. "the separate filesystems can be treated as a managed collection. 
>     It's still pointless though";
>  7. following another path other that the systemd/Free(lol!)desktop and
>     Debian one "It's simply impractical"?

>
>
>   Please let me know, because the answer would have deep practical
> effects to me.