Re: distribution of package files in the filesystem

[bruce@pixar.com (Bruce Perens)]

From: Carlos Carvalho <carlos@fisica.ufpr.br>
> The main reason for this is that we can export a whole package easily.

Debian is designed so that you can export all of /usr . /usr should be
sharable as a read-only filesystem, and all configuration belongs in
/etc and /var . This should allow you to have a master server export
95% of debian to systems with small disks, etc.

	Thanks

	Bruce
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