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 CE3001381F3 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 05:15:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id CD27FE0B0A; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 05:14:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-vb0-f50.google.com (mail-vb0-f50.google.com [209.85.212.50]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BB167E0A69 for ; Tue, 1 Oct 2013 05:14:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vb0-f50.google.com with SMTP id x14so4656436vbb.9 for ; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:14:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=T5PpJjkdOVtaohorjaXplDVmfoKkXgmlzRRp0L8jxqk=; b=UMHjEb96iczBMP3n6VCuMEjXKE2UO97JAXS2oGPeCLDxfdZL+3y2RXdZxXK/fA/7dt LzqS/m/hdirN+AcKVb6gjdx9kGhP4q2eeIoCCASFNWKU4DLt2KXCY4GfNCDZrkI4wOg4 FVBveco3pZW3xYDioFeNdEMGW5mZd6wEnJrw5ePKoBvwTZ96SCyKdKWhzoyCt5GoI5iS NverIlw3dx46OWyBLDwWKewqtSKCqrqAyAJoGAO58bWn563xEL5DI/7wBQ6VPcaDsXUH wf7SPsAqc+e2VgLWKMJ217FU89zKEbfEUCmIWEZjNXqaUgDdCZiyZUSVwlJoltTu5awt kOtg== 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 X-Received: by 10.58.46.229 with SMTP id y5mr26011833vem.15.1380604497956; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:14:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.52.98.196 with HTTP; Mon, 30 Sep 2013 22:14:57 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <5246079E.7090406@gmail.com> <524761B4.60805@gmail.com> <20130929052937.GA30380@waltdnes.org> <201309290925.06893.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <5247E4C2.5040502@gmail.com> <52480720.7070704@googlemail.com> <52480902.9040305@gmail.com> <52481602.6020305@googlemail.com> <52484363.7020309@gmail.com> <52484F5F.5090408@googlemail.com> <5248581F.7060902@gentoo.org> <5248AE0A.5070603@googlemail.com> <524A076B.7070501@gentoo.org> Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2013 13:14:57 +0800 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Flexibility and robustness in the Linux organisim From: Mark David Dumlao To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: b8001d0c-cf64-46c5-af2a-501e3c3030b1 X-Archives-Hash: cf128683acc96481898c067a06ac9794 On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Mark David Dumlao wrote: > On Tue, Oct 1, 2013 at 7:21 AM, Francisco Blas Izquierdo Riera > (klondike) wrote: >>>> Ohh and BTW, /usr was not just added because someone added a harddrive, >>>> in most cases it was used to allow machines contain a very small system >>>> on / which was enough to just boot and mount a networked system (/usr) >>>> containing most of the software. This allowed for cheaper deployment of >>>> machines since the hard drive could be smaller as it wouldn't need to >>>> have all the data locally. Yeah, if this sounds familiar is because this >>>> was later moved to initramfs. >>> no, network'ed file systems came a lot later. >>> Initially /usr was added because one harddisk was full. Really, that is >>> the whole reason for its (broken) existance. >> Please provide some reference about "Initially /usr was added because >> one harddisk was full." without it your statement is moot to me. >> > > http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2010-December/074114.html Bell Labs notes on Unix. Search for "usr" and you'll notice it was originally for home directories. http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/notes.html -- This email is: [ ] actionable [x] fyi [ ] social Response needed: [ ] yes [x] up to you [ ] no Time-sensitive: [ ] immediate [ ] soon [x] none