> From: linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com [mailto:linux-lvm-admin@sistina.com]On > Behalf Of Chad C. Walstrom > Sent: Saturday, 1 December 2001 09:20 > To: linux-lvm@sistina.com > Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Mandrake 8.1 and LVM > > > 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: On redhat and mandrake for two, there are things in /usr/share that are written to at runtime. One I can think of right off the bat is cddb information. [snip] > 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. Since when was any distribution 100% compliant with the standards? :)
