Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 05:42:14 -0500 From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Cc: arch@freebsd.org, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: The strangeness called `sbin' Message-ID: <CAOgwaMvimx5eDPtbAxo3NME29CsmfYQTc8i6=pEG8BUqAjgTOw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20111114092922.GA2164@hoeg.nl> References: <20111110123919.GF2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBC4B6E.4060607@FreeBSD.org> <20111111112821.GP2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBDC06F.6020907@FreeBSD.org> <20111112103918.GV2164@hoeg.nl> <4EBF0003.3060401@FreeBSD.org> <20111113091940.GX2164@hoeg.nl> <4EC04B65.4030801@FreeBSD.org> <20111114092922.GA2164@hoeg.nl>
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On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 4:29 AM, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> wrote: > Hi Doug, > > * Doug Barton <dougb@FreeBSD.org>, 20111113 23:57: > > If we're going to talk about making a change that's actually worth > > making, let's just move everything into / and get rid of /usr > > altogether. It served its purpose back when it came into being, but with > > modern disk sizes and the (unfortunate) prevalence of the "one big /" > > layout model, it's time in the sun is long past. > > Now that I think of it, it may be possible to sort of combine this with > my approach in a way that it doesn't break POLA for existing users. What > if we leave everything in the tree alone, but only modify the code, so > that any new installations on empty directory structures use the > following symlinks: > > - /sbin -> /bin > - /usr/bin -> /bin > - /usr/games -> /bin > - /usr/lib -> /lib > - /usr/sbin -> /bin > ............................................. > > But now the question remains how we should change the default > partitioning. I think default installations place home directories in > /usr/home, with a symlink from /home. Should they now be placed in > /usr/local/home? > ............................................. > > -- > Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> > WWW: http://80386.nl/ > Is it not possible to use a symbolic link from /usr/home to /home and put /home into a separate partition or drive ? Mandriva Linux ( and other Linux distributions , mostly ) is using this separate partition and it is possible to completely install ( not upgrade ) a new version without losing /home by only specifying to mount the existing /home during new installation . Even it is asking whether /var will be re-installed or not . In FreeBSD , such a new ( default ) version installation from released *.iso CD/DVD is not possible without losing existing /usr/home . Thank you very much . Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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