Re: testing for rootfs vs. /usr reproducibility regressions
On 8/21/21, Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 05:29:54PM -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote:
>> I have a new-be question, what is the point of merged-usr?
>
> I put "debian merged-usr" into my favourite search engine and the
> first result was:
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge
>
> Does this page and those linked from it answer your question
> sufficiently as to what the point of the effort is?
>
> The link near to the bottom:
>
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge
>
> is quite informative.
Thanks for the links, I have read them and I am all caught up now.
This seems like something that Linux Standard Base LSB should have
resolved regarding the installation directory.
> If you read those and it still isn't clear, it might be best to ask
> about it on debian-user, as debian-devel would really be for Debian
> Developers (who are mostly up to speed on this already to varying
> degrees) to decide about *how* to do it, not the basics of *why* or if
> it even *should* be done.
>
> It has been the default for some time for new installs and the
> tech-ctte already decided that it will be the only supported
> configuration for the next release after bookworm. At this point
> rehashing the whys of it would be repeating conversations had over
> the last several years, so I feel like it's a user documentation
> issue at this point if that's necessary.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
>
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