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Author: KatolaZ
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question
On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 03:36:12AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Didier Kryn (kryn@???):
>
> > IIUC, your argument boils down to "depending on /usr for early boot is
> > a *bug*", while Roger told us why it has become a *feature* (~:
>
> My view, which I expressed in detail prior to Roger joining the thread,
> is that it's vital to the most vital function of the root filesystem's
> maintenance software directories (/sbin, /bin, /lib, /lib64) that their
> binaries function _even_ if /usr is not (or at the moment cannot be)
> mounted -- because the most vital function of those subtrees is backup,
> restore, repair, maintenance (functions that might be required to
> recover/fix /usr).


Great. This is your opinion. We got it. This is not what is happening
in Debian, and there is little we can do to avoid that, unless people
who are concerned aobut that roll-up their sleeves and fork and
maintain the relevant packages.

HND

KatolaZ

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