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Re: support for merged /usr in Debian



On Sun, 03 Jan 2016 10:14:14 -0800, Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
wrote:
>Note that mounting /usr early, something we *already do*, is separate from
>actually merging /usr with /bin and /lib.  Once you mount /usr early, it's
>rather less important whether you actually merge the file systems.  While
>it does let you do some interesting things, I see it as more of a cleanup.

How about being able to umount /usr in the running system for analysis
or fixes? I do this once in a while. It is disruptive and can be used
from a rescue system, granted, but I would miss that possibility.

Greetings
Marc
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