On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:20:15PM -0800, Chad C. Walstrom wrote: > 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] So you can install software that puts stuff in /usr/share/man and /usr/share/doc? -- Share and Enjoy.