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 1Rl1a0-0002hn-8J for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:03:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 03D9F21C080; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:03:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E039021C12B for ; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pomiocik.lan (unknown [87.204.190.254]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mgorny) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 11F081B401B; Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:29 +0000 (UTC) Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:03:50 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?TWljaGHFgiBHw7Nybnk=?= To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: ulm@gentoo.org, rdalek1967@gmail.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: locations of binaries and separate /usr Message-ID: <20120111180350.487043cb@pomiocik.lan> In-Reply-To: <20237.19439.256250.39871@a1i15.kph.uni-mainz.de> 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> Organization: Gentoo X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (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-SHA256; boundary="Sig_/bpguZFF3bzO_oy7Xvii3C4I"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Archives-Salt: e55d5cd2-241e-48af-9af4-4112e6c3ea42 X-Archives-Hash: 8ddb102f738521d7ca3452b859b31392 --Sig_/bpguZFF3bzO_oy7Xvii3C4I Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:44:31 +0100 Ulrich Mueller wrote: > >>>>> 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? What is the point of mounting the less important part of the system read-only while the more important one is writable? 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 Best regards, Micha=C5=82 G=C3=B3rny --Sig_/bpguZFF3bzO_oy7Xvii3C4I Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iJwEAQEIAAYFAk8NwPYACgkQfXuS5UK5QB1NLgP/eIT4hnhBatOdYaQnFUUUHowT Ulwvjqya+GQd8VT6FmgATq26kRwEKieOGc0UPMBLQqm7Blw/YDvDip3NZ6DQpt68 QkdsfXW9SzSrDlJ0ShyShJFjZiHVPLVXVrMy4b9Lz4QfPnk+u8o8SiTGGc3V7uaR LjK9wclnZSV02B0q4jk= =ZvdL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/bpguZFF3bzO_oy7Xvii3C4I--