On Mon, Nov 21, 2011 at 04:36:25PM -0500, Bill Nottingham wrote: > Steve Langasek ([email protected]) said: > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 08:33:36PM -0600, Bruce Dubbs wrote: > > > I have seen discussion about removing /usr/bin completely and > > > putting everything on /usr. There are multiple distributions that > > > today say that they don't support a separate (or at least a remote) > > > /usr partition.
> > Yes, there are. These distributions have effectively decided to not support
> > the FHS.
> > That's their right, but we shouldn't change the FHS every time a
> > distribution decides it's too much work to comply with a standard.
> I'll bite. How is /bin as a symlink invalid in the FHS? The spec
> specifically allows it.
FHS chapter 3:
* To boot a system, enough must be present on the root partition to mount
other filesystems. This includes utilities, configuration, boot loader
information, and other essential start-up data. /usr, /opt, and /var are
designed such that they may be located on other partitions or
filesystems.
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