Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:29:22 +0100 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: The strangeness called `sbin' Message-ID: <20111114092922.GA2164@hoeg.nl> In-Reply-To: <4EC04B65.4030801@FreeBSD.org> References: <20111110123919.GF2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBC4B6E.4060607@FreeBSD.org> <20111111112821.GP2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBDC06F.6020907@FreeBSD.org> <20111112103918.GV2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBF0003.3060401@FreeBSD.org> <20111113091940.GX2164@hoeg.nl> <4EC04B65.4030801@FreeBSD.org>
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--a9msq94+WlNd0NRk Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Doug, * Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, 20111113 23:57: > If we're going to talk about making a change that's actually worth > making, let's just move everything into / and get rid of /usr > altogether. It served its purpose back when it came into being, but with > modern disk sizes and the (unfortunate) prevalence of the "one big /" > layout model, it's time in the sun is long past. Now that I think of it, it may be possible to sort of combine this with my approach in a way that it doesn't break POLA for existing users. What if we leave everything in the tree alone, but only modify the code, so that any new installations on empty directory structures use the following symlinks: - /sbin -> /bin - /usr/bin -> /bin - /usr/games -> /bin - /usr/lib -> /lib - /usr/sbin -> /bin But now the question remains how we should change the default partitioning. I think default installations place home directories in /usr/home, with a symlink from /home. Should they now be placed in /usr/local/home? --=20 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> WWW: http://80386.nl/ --a9msq94+WlNd0NRk Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (FreeBSD) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJOwN9yAAoJEG5e2P40kaK7Wi8P/A3b3l0128FWST61dLFi0xUN mISP/hmCRcxXysBjg0JqjKrT/PAVF7r4zCa9dEMpiDQoKtnQeG3f06Qy2RYJrMEN q496y1b6IQpqdHEMknWgCv20oW6JyCuR+s1Y5N3FiTrFRHjeUrfbuqDm8NLdhyWt hj7k8r+klkkND+A+gCT7r8PkTr7NrPnb/5Lir+dI62sGa+Qte0NQnn0lVzbfOJ4k JNInn4jTeid78k8zObprBHqmqrUMmb1ka2iTI7QHB9Ff5O8VKj6/Krggiobj36Ih xe/Sct/1AcovITV7npgfy1//bWNBlzdzXLSYDAtwvJahqr7hI6TFcLoYPUldvt6y waJtO9fM0GpCXLpFihCrP3uanLqwqL7SUwELqR3QOxzULU1SLdGhpAXZvpLgNUS8 c9Z8HSudw5kxQ/3BxR/B5i4UCROEKzgUfdUudM5C3QzhWNAZDO0J053SpJLkjeX/ o77m8+DbDk9B/Dd7aSQ6/ESPfDmf+aSYmGcSYwNvM+AOA/LQeYjLNqHApruNdmei 3gnltA63sMnBHhDWC1Wb9WLODRXjEpRrXlM7G5z8/0OGBeJgUM9VJ9pGzBusONfo Hr29OtgOeobn/OVk7VZFCwjQM+sP8La01OWZYgQt+UogfufXlEiOI0NIj7U/PMpj kAKiZSo8VvJqlocosvvq =3yxi -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a9msq94+WlNd0NRk--
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