[Buildroot] [PATCH] system: add options for /bin /sbin and /lib to be symlinks into /usr
Thomas Petazzoni
thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com
Mon Sep 14 21:32:48 UTC 2015
Peter,
On Mon, 14 Sep 2015 23:12:59 +0200, Peter Korsgaard wrote:
> >> 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).
>
> And as explained, we might even want to default it to y in the future,
> just because it is simpler when you have a single rootfs.
>
> Is there any reason why we explicitly add the symlinks for /bin / /sbin
> and /lib and don't just do:
>
> ln -sf . usr
Then you have /share, /local and so on?
Thomas
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