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Solbu a écrit : +><i> On Wednesday 02 November 2011 01:05, andre999 wrote: +</I>><i> +</I>[...] +>><i> Since you have read the reference, you didn't notice that the option of +</I>>><i> separate partitions is _not_ precluded ? +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> Some of the answers I got here suggested otherwize. if /usr needs to be mounted in order for the system to boot normally. Then have systemd mount it. +</I>><i> I do see that there might be some problems involved in solving it. +</I>><i> +</I> +I think it is better to mount any separate /usr as early in the boot +process as possible. + +[...] +>><i> and never appreciated the gymnastics of different commands with +</I>>><i> the same name to handle root/non-root permissions for certain commands. +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> I haven't noticed that. do you have an example? +</I>><i> +</I> +See the attached file of duplications of names on my computer. +There are 76 duplications in the 4 directories. +Those ending in @ are symbolic links. Such duplications will disappear +with the merging. +The others are mostly (if not all) scripts which link to a routine which +asks for the root password for certain commands, according to enabled +permissions. If the permissions are enabled and the password correctly +entered, the user is rerouted to the initial command. A less obscure +way of dealing with it would be better. +(I forget the details, but someone like tv or misc would know.) + +>><i> To me, avoiding unnecessary complication by design is a big plus. +</I>>><i> +</I>><i> Agreed. But don't throw the baby out with the water. ;-)= +</I>><i> +</I> +If just changing initramfs to load any separate /usr partition will fix +it, I don't see that we are losing anything. +Although if someone like tmb can initially misunderstand the impact, I +guess anyone can. (It took me a while.) + +Maybe it will be more trouble to make such an initramfs, but once it is +made, it should work nicely. Without a special reason to have a +separate /usr, I would say that it is better to avoid it. +I see that ensuring that everything necessary to fully boot being +guaranteed to be available very early in the boot process is a big plus. +If /home isn't available, one can always login to root. As well, +keeping /home on a separate partition has advantages for ensuring the +persistance of personal data and configuration in the event of +reformatting /. + +-- +André + +-------------- next part -------------- +An embedded and charset-unspecified text was scrubbed... +Name: bin_dup.txt +URL: </pipermail/mageia-dev/attachments/20111102/0f52d042/attachment.txt> +</PRE> + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="009289.html">[Mageia-dev] Please test: initscripts+systemd in updates_testing +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="009297.html">[Mageia-dev] Please test: initscripts+systemd in updates_testing +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#9290">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#9290">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#9290">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#9290">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">More information about the Mageia-dev +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |