On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 06:33 -0400, Rex Dieter wrote: > Patrice Dumas wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I was under the impression that the commands and libraries in /bin and > > /lib were meant to be usable without /usr mounted. Is it right? > > However rpm which is a rather important command requires libraries > > in /usr/lib: > > > > [dumas@patoune lib]$ ldd /bin/rpm | grep usr > > A related question is: why is rpm in /bin, and not /usr/bin/? (I'd > venture to guess this may have something to do with > anaconda/installer-stage stuff). I'm pretty sure it use to be statically linked, and probably remains in /bin for historic reasons. I'm guessing those that there are few situations where rpm is useful when /usr is not mounted. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
