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  • From: Robin Cook <rcook AT wyrms.net>
  • To: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] /usr merge
  • Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:19:23 -0600

Not that I agree with the merger but isn't merger to move everything
in /bin, /sbin etc. into /usr/bin, /usr/sbin etc. not the other way
around? I just wanted to make sure I read the stuff correctly.

CuZnDragon
Robin Cook

On Tue, 2012-02-07 at 11:40 +0100, Jaka Kranjc wrote:
> On Tuesday 07 of February 2012 11:36:55 Andraž 'ruskie' Levstik wrote:
> > :2012-02-07T11:16:Ladislav Hagara:
> > > any plan with /usr merge [1]?
> > > Personally I don't like it but I am a realist. We have no chance to
> > > change the upstream.
> > > New versions of crucial upstream packages rely on /usr merge.
> > > Do we want to use devel-udev-kmod git branch by the same way as
> > > devel-xorg-modular or we plan to integrate it soon?
> >
> > As this is only a Fedora idiocy I see no reason to follow it at all.
> I agree and also don't see it as inevitable. Do they think upstream will go
> "well, since we have a merged /usr now, let's change all our build scripts
> to
> install to /bin instead of /usr/bin etc."?
>
> LP

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