On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 4:13 AM, tim.lauridsen@xxxxxxxxx <tim.lauridsen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > +1 to Richard, I really don't see the purpose, why does it matter that > number of dirs in /. > Lot of apps will break if you move /proc or /dev, and if you replace them > with symlink in the next 10 years you still have the same number of dirs > under /, you have even more because you have added some new ones. > I can understand you want to merge dirs there have the same function /bin > -> /usr/bin, but this has no benefits at all. Symlinks also dramatically complicate SELinux policies, since you then have to allow read_lnk_files in addition to plain filesystem access. Allowing read_lnk_files is undesirable, as there is a number of security vulnerabilities that make use of symbolic links, so this will be a net negative to the security of the system. Regards, -- Konstantin Ryabitsev LinuxFoundation.org Montréal, Québec -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
