On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 09:54:20PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > Le 05/01/2022 à 16:11, Hendrik Boom a écrit : > > On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 12:08:18AM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > Le 04/01/2022 à 23:38, Hendrik Boom a écrit : > > > > On Tue, Jan 04, 2022 at 05:09:58PM +0100, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > > > There is no utility in splitting the OS in several partitions. > > > > Might it make sense to have /usr mounted readonly except when upgradng > > > > or installing paackages? > > > > > > > What could you fear which makes you want to keep /usr readonly. > > software that isn't properly packaged as a .deb, but instead has an > > "installer" that needs to be run as root. > > If the installer must be run as root, it is precisely because it needs > to install software in /usr. You have an alternative: either mount /usr > readwrite and install it, or keep /usr readonly and not install it. Keeping > /usr readonly and trying to install the software has no chance to work.
Such software should be installing to /opt, but might not. > > I have written such a software, called hopman. This discussion suggests > me that I should provide the option to install it in a user's directory, > without the need to be root, rather than install it system-wide. > > > software that is properly packaged, but has components that run as root > > but do stuff with /usr outside my expectations. > > Do you mean a package from a Debian repository which would install a > trojan horse in /usr? Packages from other sources that are built for Debian but aren't part of Debian. -- hendrik > > -- Didier > > > _______________________________________________ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
