On Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:42:04 +0200 Alexis Ballier <aball...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > This was invented in Solaris and copied by RHEL. The upgrade > > path for the /usr merge on those systems is a complete > > reinstall. Upgrading from RHEL6 to RHEL7 this Solaris 10 to > > Solaris 11 is not supported. The reason being that there are > > ways of configuring the system boot process with the original > > layout that break if you try using scripts to migrate to the new > > one. A USE flag for the /usr merge that is off by default would > > allow us to have both worlds without putting any systems at > > risk. > > that's what i'm actually more worried about: the fact they failed to > have a proper upgrade path doesnt mean it is impossible, just that it > is not easy. What about Fedora? This system I'm on now started as Fedora 16 and has been upgraded step by step to 23. /bin, /lib, /lib64, and /sbin are symlinks but I'm pretty sure it didn't start out that way. I knew the change was coming but when it actually happened, I didn't notice for quite a while. -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer
