Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:29:06 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org, Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: The strangeness called `sbin' Message-ID: <33576F33-EA87-467F-945F-1ED4349FF1B6@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20111114092922.GA2164@hoeg.nl> 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> <20111114092922.GA2164@hoeg.nl>
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On Nov 14, 2011, at 2:29 AM, Ed Schouten wrote: > Hi Doug, >=20 > * 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. >=20 > 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: >=20 > - /sbin -> /bin > - /usr/bin -> /bin > - /usr/games -> /bin > - /usr/lib -> /lib > - /usr/sbin -> /bin >=20 > 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? That assumes that you have wide-spread support to change the status-quo. = It isn't clear from this thread that you've made that case. Doug is right that there be dragons here, and I for one would like to = see cold, hard data on the actual effect of hundreds of systems that = have a good mix of ports installed rather than logic that it shouldn't = matter. Warner=
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