Re: deprecating /usr as a standalone filesystem?

["Giacomo A. Catenazzi" <cate@debian.org>]

Gabor Gombas wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 04:21:53PM +0200, Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote:
>
> > I totally agree that / (thus /root) could be read-only.
> >
> > I pointed out to you that /root is required to be in the same filesystem as / (FHS) and I gave
> > you the rationale.
>
> What's the FHS says is a little different:
>
> /root : Home directory for the root user (optional)
>
> Purpose
>
> The root account's home directory may be determined by developer or local preference, but this is
> the recommended default location.
>
> So the presence of /root is not required and root's home directory can be set to /home/root by
> the installer if a read-only "/" is wanted.

Yes, you are right, and the "optional" is very nice!
I was confusing with the following note (and maybe an older version):

"""
If the home directory of the root account is not stored on the root partition it will be necessary
to make certain it will default to / if it can not be located.
"""

ciao
	cate