On 2013-08-13 16:05, Alessio Ababilov wrote: > "/usr merge" is the process of making /bin, /sbin, and /lib to be symlinks > to corresponding directories in /usr. It is done in Fedora and several > other distros now, and also in Solaris 15 years ago. > Benefits from /usr merge are described here: > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/ > Technical details are here: > http://aababilov.wordpress.com/2013/07/17/usr-merge-in-gentoo/ > > In few words, the script is run once to merge /usr on a running system. > Also, the script is installed in post_src_install hook to perform /usr > merge during package updates or installations.
So, how would this work for me who have /usr on a separate harddrive? And what would be the benefit? To me, mentioning Fedora, makes the alarm bells go off... Best regards Peter K
