On 14/11/17 08:30, Joerg Reisenweber wrote:
On Mon 13 November 2017 15:46:30 John Hughes wrote:
systemd didn't exist in 1991 when USL decided that for SVR4.2 /bin, /lib
and /sbin should just be symlinks to /usr.
And when did USL (whoever that is)
USL = UNIX System Laboratories, the successors to the more informal USG
(Unix Systems Group) inside AT&T.
decide that SVR4.2 doesn't care about being
able to run on any ARM SoC?
Of course SVR4.2 could be ported to an ARM SoC -- you'd just put /stand
on the internal NAND. (/stand was the SVR4.2 name for what Linux called
/boot).
And how's that relevant for Linux?
Those who do not understand UNIX are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
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