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The case for the /usr merge

The case for the /usr merge

Posted Jan 27, 2012 2:28 UTC (Fri) by arjan (subscriber, #36785)
Parent article: The case for the /usr merge

I completely agree with this; in fact, for the OS I am working on, I already did this quite some time ago.....
(with various RPM macro glues and some auto-packaging tricks to cope with apps that still install stuff in the old places)


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The case for the /usr merge

Posted Jan 27, 2012 8:52 UTC (Fri) by kju (guest, #61936) [Link]

Have some more details about the "OS you are working on"? I'm dreaming of something I call "legacy free linux" for so long (e.g. getting rid of things like /etc/passwd which are no longer strictly necessary since the advent of thinks like nss and pam).

The case for the /usr merge

Posted Jan 27, 2012 11:40 UTC (Fri) by kragilkragil2 (guest, #76172) [Link]

AFAIK he was working on Meego, so it might be Tizen now. Not sure though ..

The case for the /usr merge

Posted Jan 27, 2012 14:42 UTC (Fri) by arjan (subscriber, #36785) [Link]

I don't work on Tizen
(and MeeGo is basically dead, I'm not working on that anymore either)

The case for the /usr merge

Posted Jan 27, 2012 10:49 UTC (Fri) by zdzichu (subscriber, #17118) [Link]

"The OS you are working on" definitely needs more publicity!

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