On Sunday 03 August 2014 08:46:59 Joe wrote: > On Sun, 03 Aug 2014 09:59:17 +0300 > > David Baron <d_ba...@012.net.il> wrote: > > Started to get this message several times in bootup or maybe was > > simply not quick enough to catch it before. Everything seems to play. > > > > The Debian installer itself will place /usr on it own > > partition/filesystem. So what gives? > > > > Is it now required that /usr be on on part of the root filesystem? If > > so, easy enough to accomplish. But never needed anything like that > > before. > > My feeling is that it is not a problem yet, for most people, but one > day it will be. The idea of /usr being a read-only common repository of > user applications not needed in booting seems to have had its day, and > it is effectively also being used for system code. I believe the > discussion about this, as with systemd, is over.
I have no problem with systemd (though, Judging from the mailing list, the controversy is far from quieting down). Systemd is lightning fast, seems solid enough. I have been reluctant on upgrades because of outstanding bugs (but then again, I had routinely upgraded the previous init scheme under similar circumstance :-)). The /usr business however ... /usr holds core apps and those optionally installed by the user. /usr/local has those compiled by the user. Only the first items could be required resident at boot (if they indeed contain code needed to boot). This would be a very small portion. Maybe better handled through a modules.conf idea, into the initrd, or as separate folder. Generally, past major modifications like this have shown up in apt-listbugs before showing as disturbing messages at bootup (though I might have missed these because of bugs in that). (Note that recent Android--ok, a pretty bastardized "distro"--has separated its /system/app into /system/app and /system/priv-app). -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/3826745.Os6lnIksWC@dovidhalevi