On 19/10/10 15:01, Chris Lumens wrote: >> This despite the FHS says (right at the top of Chapter 3, the Root >> Filesystem): >> >> /usr, /opt, and /var are designed such that they may be located on other >> partitions or filesystems. > > Neat. > >> Do we *really* want to head this way, ignoring bugs resulting from >> having /usr on a different partition such as >> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/#626007, which is what led to this? > > If you read the entire commit message, you'll see: > > commit 1ae53648c9e3460eb63837b4c20bc860018979f0 > Author: Chris Lumens<clumens@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Mon Oct 18 11:09:36 2010 -0400 > > Don't recommend /usr as a mount point anymore (#643640). > > You can still use it if you really want (by inputting it manually), but > the Installation Guide recommends against its use. > > In other words, you can still use any mount point you want. I did read that, which is why I added the reference to Bug #626007 (trimmed from your reply), which is where this change originated from; that is a bug that is being ignored on the basis that /usr is on a separate partition. I'm fine with setting up my own partitioning arrangements but I'd rather not see a system that doesn't work once installed this way. Paul. -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
