On Tue, 2019-10-15 at 12:04 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 12:02 PM Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> > wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 15, 2019 at 8:00 AM David Seifert <s...@gentoo.org> > > wrote: > > > On Sun, 2019-10-13 at 12:33 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 1:52 PM David Seifert <s...@gentoo.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 19:01 +0200, Dennis Schridde wrote: > > > > > > On Samstag, 12. Oktober 2019 18:02:28 CEST William Hubbs > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 01:11:49PM +0200, Michał Górny > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 13:00 +0200, David Seifert wrote: > > > > > > > > > * Some distros have not just merged / and /usr, they > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > have also merged /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. By giving > > > > > > > > > users the choice of merging */bin and */sbin, > > > > > > > > > Gentoo follows suit. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What about the scenario when /bin has been merged with > > > > > > > > /usr/sbin > > > > > > > > and /sbin with /usr/bin? ;-P > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I also don't see the need for something like this. The > > > > > > > idea of > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > /usr > > > > > > > merge is to have all binaries available in one place, and > > > > > > > there > > > > > > > really > > > > > > > is not a good justification for separating bin from sbin. > > > > > > > > > > > > Do I read this correctly? USE=-split-usr currently means > > > > > > that > > > > > > /bin, > > > > > > /sbin, / > > > > > > usr/bin and /usr/sbin point to the same directory? > > > > > > > > > > > > If that is not the case, then I agree that users should > > > > > > have the > > > > > > possibility > > > > > > to set it up like this and USE=-split-sbin should be > > > > > > supported. > > > > > > > > > > > > --Dennis > > > > > > > > > > I agree, I wasn't aware that USE=-split-usr implies the > > > > > complete 2- > > > > > level (/usr and *sbin) merge. In that case, all of this is > > > > > obsolete. > > > > > > > > That was NOT my intention when I introduced the split-usr USE > > > > flag. > > > > > > > > For bin/sbin, I would prefer to drop any conflicting links > > > > unconditionally. Do you have examples of scenarios where this > > > > is not > > > > possible? > > > > > > > > > > William has confirmed on IRC that USE=-split-usr performs the > > > complete > > > Fedora-esque /usr merge (which makes sense IMO). > > > > William's opinion is not the only one that matters. > > Sorry, I guess you are referring to the behavior baselayout? That > doesn't necessarily align with the global usage. >
https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/baselayout.git/tree/Makefile#n93 Clearly the usr-merge in baselayout intends to merge all these 4 directories. There is currently no option to merge /usr and / but keep /bin and /sbin separate, so the most parsimonious solution here is to assume that usr-merge semantics in Gentoo is about merging all 4 directories.
