From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 582391382C5 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 20:06:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 50B0BE0B04; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 20:06:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pg0-x244.google.com (mail-pg0-x244.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c05::244]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CE3EBE0AC7 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 20:06:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pg0-x244.google.com with SMTP id j9so4317024pgv.3 for ; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:06:08 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to; bh=4R19KO0/Bn1SX2lSjGoLIa/B3oIbjZD/h5HU95ss3M4=; b=kmHe09S1ElniXtfoy7c+kIQhQ4eVj/9Os+c2fYT+ke9FpR+2d9asWQ11ulBhzXd6ZN GsIl7B7eXBpHr4oD85VTeXULgIGZQZftNx7N5NEI7T2mu0UrZ68ZOeENh/bCRPnLE7Nr cAl8ieLnJ2UKepPwuwRKGXorUQTDa9p3MyjGi/3pFg7tgZJ5FeWRGiDfLgBqZ2TJIRdA 7Vot3st5ok2RN6aozdBxYbJtbCW3Z41ZqxcDWT4npR9i2vKzFT9jiNGq+rkvIp5QCkU/ IOehPAnqbdax6nXGFJRBT/EQzeZRYHmjczCxAEeSj0tv8851uCd0a1uR98YYmwdbzIol sssA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from :date:message-id:subject:to; bh=4R19KO0/Bn1SX2lSjGoLIa/B3oIbjZD/h5HU95ss3M4=; b=VbM97FnrNtbDQcqIFLSVjwgVKeZVAFh53RvLghpPp/6IXDUnw3dhukwgmivRoY2Ff6 bpB21vhhBPiqmHAV5hZlDmeVqTeT9ClPsxd0E3B44c3OluYVrN/1hNQw16NvPn3SI6H2 9cyCetKNU5JWKGscXAu5BUUQUWUaBkjE9nlXjPzZoA/BiR6HfFQvjO712lvoZgSzuH3d x5f9T5jvdP0705E95NXBwii9dMOI4EaayG3mry3e24Dn0+i/HsYHQTvy9NSOwGi66IHo k1WgGQ04pp64CTurYGUcf1zs0QWey3PcRddS0PYz37CjWOXK37S5zhivhjNvekZZRxz1 KPdA== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPCp4oCPyBJakbdr/3LbTKQbQ0hqNMvXVYk95kqeuJxVOePVgI5H ghY1MdjRJFDHqCT4iBqRyIpaljmM9r5J5ySKAs/NLVED X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x225FjGW0WIoF53wVvlmxjNVukCuPPQXw0IKUo05Kbrfmz5Cc0ZhoZRlPh+Fsdckb14IW73irwnZEeATs3oU3dFA= X-Received: by 10.99.190.74 with SMTP id g10mr2169216pgo.143.1518293167174; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:06:07 -0800 (PST) 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 Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.100.134.1 with HTTP; Sat, 10 Feb 2018 12:06:06 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <05v3le-2ni.ln1@hurikhan77.spdns.de> References: <6b002bec-6fc8-8555-defe-878e08f88cd6@spamtrap.tnetconsulting.net> <5A7F4A50.6030701@youngman.org.uk> <05v3le-2ni.ln1@hurikhan77.spdns.de> From: Rich Freeman Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 15:06:06 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: ceiwKVf0dVTuxDpEnvCYO5X76-g Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: /var/tmp on tmpfs To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Archives-Salt: 78119ef5-e41a-4631-8b09-4e44042d8455 X-Archives-Hash: 7c5e100e15e1f6031ec5d5f32f0294e6 On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 2:52 PM, Kai Krakow wrote: > Am Sat, 10 Feb 2018 19:38:56 +0000 schrieb Wols Lists: > >> On 10/02/18 18:56, Kai Krakow wrote: >>> role and /usr takes the role of /, and /home already took the role of >>> /usr (that's why it's called /usr, it was user data in early unix). The >> >> Actually no, not at all. /usr is not short for USeR, it's an acronym for >> User System Resources, which is why it contains OS stuff, not user >> stuff. Very confusing, I know. > > From https://www.tldp.org/LDP/Linux-Filesystem-Hierarchy/html/usr.html: > >> In the original Unix implementations, /usr was where the home >> directories of the users were placed (that is to say, /usr/someone was >> then the directory now known as /home/someone). In current Unices, /usr >> is where user-land programs and data (as opposed to 'system land' >> programs and data) are. The name hasn't changed, but it's meaning has >> narrowed and lengthened from "everything user related" to "user usable >> programs and data". As such, some people may now refer to this >> directory as meaning 'User System Resources' and not 'user' as was >> originally intended. > > So, actually the acronym was only invented later to represent the new > role of the directory. ;-) > A bit more of history here: http://www.osnews.com/story/25556/Understanding_the_bin_sbin_usr_bin_usr_sbin_Split -- Rich