[Buildroot] [PATCH] system: add options for /bin /sbin and /lib to be symlinks into /usr
Yann E. MORIN
yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Fri Sep 4 16:31:21 UTC 2015
Thomas, Arnout, All,
On 2015-09-04 10:19 +0200, Arnout Vandecappelle spake thusly:
> On 04-09-15 10:11, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> > On Fri, 4 Sep 2015 01:47:42 +0200, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> >
> >> +config BR2_ROOTFS_MERGED_USR
> >> + bool "Use symlinks to /usr for /bin, /sbin and /lib"
> >
> > Shouldn't we make this a blind option? I.e just do merged usr for
> > systemd always, and never do it for !systemd.
>
> I will always turn this option on, even in non-systemd, because it makes for a
> better environment. See the Fedora document for a long explanation why split
> /usr is just legacy baggage. Other parts of your system will also work better
> when this option is turned on - no more confusion between busybox installing
> something in /bin and the full package putting it in /usr/bin. No more worries
> about a shebang being correct.
>
> So no, I don't want this to be hidden.
Ditto, I do not want this to be hidden. I want to have the choice of
using a merged-usr even without systemd (and I even have a use-case in
my head for that).
Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.
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