On 11/27/23 15:54, o1bigtenor via Dng wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 10:18 AM Arnt Karlsen <arnt@???> wrote:
>> On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 09:22:20 -0600, o1bigtenor wrote in message
>> <CAPpdf58rM13DTXhy1q3+GNm=iytR+YvgnF0ettfMYgSt8rnwZw@???>:
>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 6:45 AM Martin Steigerwald
>>> <martin@???> wrote:
>>>> o1bigtenor via Dng - 27.11.23, 13:34:38 CET:
>>>>> Background:
>>>>> Reading about the upcoming necessity of moving to 'usr merge'.
>>>>>
>>>>> My boxen (for at least the last 12 years if not longer) I run
>>>>> separate partitions for (last number of years only this new one)
>>>>> /efi, /boot , /root (yes I know its a redundancy but it gets the
>>>>> label of /root ), /swap, /usr. /var, and /home. (Not going into
>>>>> the reasoning for such.)
>>>>>
>>>>> Question:
>>>>> What am I supposed to do so that my system will continue to boot
>>>>> with this change to /usr merge?
>>>> "/usr" needs to be on the same filesystem as "/". It cannot be on a
>>>> separate filesystem / partition anymore.
>> ..an hard No on my part.
>>
>>>> Then you can install the package "usrmerge" to do the merge.
>>>>
>>>> Do not try to switch to install "usrmerge" package before having
>>>> /usr be on filesystem for /.
>>>>
>>>> That is what I know at least.
>>>>
>>>> Meanwhile converted three machines by installing usrmerge package.
>>>>
>>> So - - - - for my system with not only each partition being separate
>>> each partition is on a separate disk (Actually each partition is on a
>>> raid 1 array (SDD) except for home which is on a raid 10 array (HDD).)
>>> I will need to reinstall AND NOT have a separate /usr partition.
>>>
>>> After that reinstall is completed can I use the usrmerge.
>>>
>>> Is that my process?
>>>
> I've read all of the messages, read all of the supporting docs offered - - -
> you know - - - - I think I'm more confused than before I asked the question.
>
> I'm seriously NOT trying to drive anyone bananas but if there is something
> coming up where I will not be able to boot my system unless I use this usrmerge
> program what is it that I'm supposed to do to avoid this upcoming
> issue - - please?

As far as I can tell, it's going to make linux look like SCO Unix. They
did this decades ago and made things incredibly difficult. They moved
everything and used symlinks where you thought things should be.