On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 09:41:21PM +1300, Steve Wray wrote:
> > Reason #1: Mount /usr as read-only. There is only one reason why you
>
> ONLY if you also have /usr/share (for one, there may be others) on writeable
> partitions!!!
Why would you want/need to have /usr/share writeable? FHS 2.2 states:
4.11 /usr/share : Architecture-independent data
4.11.1 Purpose
The /usr/share hierarchy is for all read-only architecture
independent data files. [25]
This hierarchy is intended to be shareable among all architecture
platforms of a given OS; thus, for example, a site with i386,
Alpha, and PPC platforms might maintain a single /usr/share
directory that is centrally-mounted. Note, however, that
/usr/share is generally not intended to be shared by different
OSes or by different releases of the same OS.
Any program or package which contains or requires data that
doesn't need to be modified should store that data in /usr/share
(or /usr/local/share, if installed locally). It is recommended
that a subdirectory be used in /usr/share for this purpose.
Game data stored in /usr/share/games must be purely static data.
Any modifiable files, such as score files, game play logs, and so
forth, should be placed in /var/games.
...
Footnote:
25. Much of this data originally lived in /usr (man, doc) or
/usr/lib (dict, terminfo, zoneinfo).
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