Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] use.desc: add global USE flag 'split-sbin'

[David Seifert <soap@gentoo.org>]

On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 19:01 +0200, Dennis Schridde wrote:
> On Samstag, 12. Oktober 2019 18:02:28 CEST William Hubbs wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 12, 2019 at 01:11:49PM +0200, Michał Górny wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2019-10-12 at 13:00 +0200, David Seifert wrote:
> > > > * Some distros have not just merged / and /usr, they
> > > > 
> > > >   have also merged /usr/bin and /usr/sbin. By giving
> > > >   users the choice of merging */bin and */sbin,
> > > >   Gentoo follows suit.
> > > 
> > > What about the scenario when /bin has been merged with /usr/sbin
> > > and /sbin with /usr/bin?  ;-P
> > 
> > I also don't see the need for something like this. The idea of the
> > /usr
> > merge is to have all binaries available in one place, and there
> > really
> > is not a good justification for separating bin from sbin.
> 
> Do I read this correctly?  USE=-split-usr currently means that /bin,
> /sbin, /
> usr/bin and /usr/sbin point to the same directory?
> 
> If that is not the case, then I agree that users should have the
> possibility 
> to set it up like this and USE=-split-sbin should be supported.
> 
> --Dennis

I agree, I wasn't aware that USE=-split-usr implies the complete 2-
level (/usr and *sbin) merge. In that case, all of this is obsolete.