Hi, 2011/10/24 Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx>: >> =================================== >> #fedora-meeting: FESCO (2011-10-24) >> =================================== >> * Discussion about https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove >> (t8m, 17:26:45) > Cool idea. Next I suggest to stop using /bin /sbin /lib /lib64 in F19, and not to create these links on freshly installed systems in F20. > This sounds interesting (speaking as an admin that typically sets up > servers with separate, ro-mounted, /usr). I'm not sure about moving > _everything_ to /usr, but I guess that's one approach. Other Unix > systems I've used have had /bin as a symlink to /usr/bin, but not /sbin > (still kept core system maintenance tools in /sbin on root fs). I'm > also not sold on eliminating sbin directories (I like having "system > admin" type stuff kept separate), and I don't see why that needs to be > rolled into the same feature (especially as just a footnote, not a > top-line change). > > One big question though: can RPM handle such a change? IIRC, when the > switch from /etc/rc.d/init.d to /etc/init.d was made, initially > everything was going to be moved and the old paths symlinked for a few > releases. However, there was some problem with RPM that couldn't handle > switching an existing directory to a symlink, so that change was reduced > to introducing /etc/init.d as a symlink. How will upgrades be handled > if this feature goes through? > > -- > Chris Adams <cmadams@xxxxxxxxxx> > Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services > I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > -- Best regards, Michal http://eventhorizon.pl/ -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
