Re: Fedora 18 existing /usr partition -- need to merge into rootfs?

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Am 01.04.2013 14:57, schrieb Reindl Harald:
> 
> 
> Am 01.04.2013 14:47, schrieb Noah Cutler:
>> I'm confused over the whole separate /usr partition is broken thing:
>> http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
>>
>> Everything appears to work swimmingly here after 1 month of use -- separate /usr partition does not appear to be
>> broken...anymore??
> 
> maybe, maybe not, it is not well tested at all
> 

It was never broken, when we started mounting /usr from within the initramfs
after the /usr-move.

>> Just trying to future proof my setup; if it's better to merge /usr into rootfs, so be it, better to do it early
>> days with the new system.
>>
>> Otherwise, if someone can chime in here with some sage partitioning advice as to how to proceed moving forward with
>> Fedora, that would be much appreciated.
>>
>> FWIW, as a beginner the benefits I see in a diverse micro-managed partitioning scheme (vs. the mega partition) is
>> being able to fsck quickly; clone partitions quickly (e.g. copy to additional disks), and prevent runaway logs and
>> the like (there are likely others)
> 
> it makes ZERO sense to split /usr to a own partition
> you owuld really clone a partition containing the whole system
> or share it with another setup without the depending RPM database
> which lives in /var/lib/rpm/?
> 
> sorry but the idea of a seperate /usr is broken at all

This is FUD. The idea is perfectly fine and we should bring our OS in shape for
doing it so.


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ojgzJOfWB8XaC5kqyrv4IhR9snZKBI77a02R4cj1QM8/view
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