From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Rl1cn-0003Jr-NM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:06:10 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 2155321C127; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:05:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mx1.mthode.org (rrcs-24-173-105-85.sw.biz.rr.com [24.173.105.85]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECE2021C11C for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:05:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from khorne.mthode.org (unknown [64.39.4.135]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.mthode.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0404DD58F; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:05:24 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:04:17 -0600 From: Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: mgorny@gentoo.org, ulm@gentoo.org, rdalek1967@gmail.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr Message-ID: <20120111110417.2c8f1053@khorne.mthode.org> In-Reply-To: <20120111180350.487043cb@pomiocik.lan> References: <4F0440B3.4090500@gentoo.org> <20120106160719.GB18959@fury> <201201080047.27281.polynomial-c@gentoo.org> <20120108103345.382b8db3@pomiocik.lan> <20120110181452.GA14155@mailgate.onlinehome-server.info> <20120110194640.7696d2c7@pomiocik.lan> <4F0C89CB.6010402@gmail.com> <20120110200315.4f8dbb7a@pomiocik.lan> <4F0CBE41.7030502@gmail.com> <20120111084104.60ce07ee@pomiocik.lan> <20237.19439.256250.39871@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> <20120111180350.487043cb@pomiocik.lan> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.10 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/eOdzfjxAb6aIw_03p_wyxur"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: 874c0433-b007-44d6-a3d4-ae837ac6a3d4 X-Archives-Hash: e0824a1d28be9b2266589027d5c98d4b --Sig_/eOdzfjxAb6aIw_03p_wyxur Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:03:50 +0100 Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote: > On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:44:31 +0100 > Ulrich Mueller wrote: >=20 > > >>>>> On Wed, 11 Jan 2012, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny wrote: > >=20 > > >> I think it is more like people do that when they have a good > > >> reason to do so. I plan to put mine on /usr when I get the > > >> chance and know that this init crap isn't going to break my > > >> rig. It's not being "awesome" either. > >=20 > > > Remind me of a single good reason. Last time I heard those were > > > mostly hacks and laziness. > >=20 > > /usr can be mounted readonly, while / and /var cannot? >=20 > What is the point of mounting the less important part of the system > read-only while the more important one is writable? >=20 > Also, it should be possible to mount rootfs read-only with > separate /var. Of course, that would require the software to be > actually FHS-compliant and not put runtime-written files in /etc. >=20 security? --=20 Matthew Thode (prometheanfire) --Sig_/eOdzfjxAb6aIw_03p_wyxur Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJPDcEdAAoJECRx6z5ArFrDAdAP/AhEkkH4FwVOmTtbkrsz9kRM rFqgUdJzR4xVkh2Xrn9zWNh22qMC4esepMTMyaC0F4qsviabCjoRB9qbqfz4uNbA jT/Oz7hO2/TTpWMzluMNufM9ON5y6PJqpjOvJc/8ddeFSIQw3pLqS5x/RNyDjNWa XJjSC2LWxsl8XL8jerJVkawn/79Hfa/852lHhvt58QDMRHbVn4hZNCy6f77VfHaf 8Z/BWkF4nNutuW0Xjl66fFdwM40akEwHofms1PMkQBXM/wTaF4KrSNSTyRZGbVWd RJ/bAbKwiri6dMW8qo+DyBUa0unlL5/zly+L5Rwvxj9MPFBB//ORc54oNn3s/tDz +VDd6j7/h1QNJXDa2xB3hcNr8ntWVjTyq+fz6e1dBcqkBKZpsYE5B78reJSDEc8a I2J9G5JgcDR32Aae9Y8Vr9Y2WuhFR2xvrwfSA79hOcb4rL9cSTGfJCd7AaUfHwj6 igwFa1GvYGj70nDdIJBcE92XMN+3gto2bc9VvMZWS53lvBOoA1R6ZQpgnhAPiOAr Sac4gDY2/KrIESd/42c9JyBt/ckRL4R/X/1Non8HLhXwMb4uZL29LfVSA8HEvkdl 9fY9K0YYMUn3LHFSDRQOIR6glM6hhecA7WxAcefsrptJCp3zO7/gw0pyQkx62i9T KRIWHZVTKF/HOOl8dyIM =jayh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/eOdzfjxAb6aIw_03p_wyxur--