From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F326E1381F3 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:44:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 3D32521C042; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:43:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f177.google.com (mail-wi0-f177.google.com [209.85.212.177]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 727FC21C0C0 for ; Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:42:32 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f177.google.com with SMTP id hm2so1709324wib.10 for ; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:42:31 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization :x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PpfltQ3sZ3XO5bIqf3WOSCzhGEi3xZ/+9IZyb11k1y4=; b=PR+OzICMtRjPaJ//ZYjDXYuGrZM6YQOpndg6XmtfePB5R2gHtX2bks1uGUHYlMvV3b wTvyM1VAQk9ZAmwMcYfnTOOUubxZRKmvy8+sQZD8ggYgoG9ugFw7zErLQkrAiYBv7tuM WyGTBBvyttDLJpE3rHBnt6OeIJTsAHpVt2pIfMrNMFPSZ8WCESTWNCQrMXDG4Fw8Tlec 6rlUsgkRgVK8Wz4UMD+y4tdaDSJEeQGhFdwz9tWfgafSRQOezyIdrbvEoRR3Hpdw29g2 0VVVQcX0Rz6fBqOGb7f1/izmr5AGZmbAzfTFBpW+w/KOb1KHME0djEAHXtMvzKMUm6xh kTMw== Received: by 10.180.24.199 with SMTP id w7mr13904745wif.5.1355730151144; Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:42:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from khamul.example.com (196-215-209-117.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.215.209.117]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id dw4sm11155346wib.1.2012.12.16.23.42.28 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sun, 16 Dec 2012 23:42:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:38:59 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Anyone switched to eudev yet? Message-ID: <20121217093859.7cc56257@khamul.example.com> In-Reply-To: <20121217002613.294cff70@kc-sys.chadwicks.me.uk> References: <50CB1942.3020900@gmail.com> <50CB4A3C.1030109@gmail.com> <50CB5406.7040404@gmail.com> <8738z7hgsa.fsf@ist.utl.pt> <20121216171043.71084070@khamul.example.com> <20121216184953.GD16560@server> <876241d9gn.fsf@ist.utl.pt> <20121217002613.294cff70@kc-sys.chadwicks.me.uk> Organization: Internet Solutions X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.14; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2aecf8d6-60b5-4679-9132-9e92190c4613 X-Archives-Hash: 3fd33e56c3a6b808d18d68a02afb9b10 On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:26:13 +0000 Kevin Chadwick wrote: > On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 22:32:24 +0200 > nunojsilva@ist.utl.pt (Nuno J. Silva) wrote: > > > My thanks, too! There's nothing like reading on some actual > > experience with this. So this was once the reason to keep / > > separate. Not that important anymore (but this is still no excuse > > to force people to keep /usr in the same filesystem). > > Sorry but real world data is important and I am fully aware of the > academic theorist problems compared to practical experience but this > simply doesn't apply here. I didn't see any evidence or > argument that a larger root conducting millions more writes is as safe > as a smaller read only one perhaos not touched for months. > > The testing criteria were very generally put and just because an > earthquake hasn't hit 200 building in the last 50 years is no reason > to remove shock absorbers or other measures from sky scrapers. > I thought I was clear in that - I was my survey of my machines for my purposes only, not a formal study in any way. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com