[Buildroot] [PATCH] system: add options for /bin /sbin and /lib to be symlinks into /usr
Peter Korsgaard
peter at korsgaard.com
Mon Sep 14 21:12:59 UTC 2015
>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:
Hi,
>> 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
--
Bye, Peter Korsgaard
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