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? Right. > > However rpm which is a rather important command requires libraries > > in /usr/lib: Right, rpm is broken. I had reported the same issue for FC4 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165012 ... but unlike promised, RH's rpm maintainers apparently did not fix it. > > [dumas@patoune lib]$ ldd /bin/rpm | grep usr > > A related question is: why is rpm in /bin, Because you need it during installs, when /usr is not yet available. > and not /usr/bin/? (I'd > venture to guess this may have something to do with > anaconda/installer-stage stuff). Partially. Actual cause is: /usr is optional. A minimal system must be usable without /usr being available. Ralf -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
