Why split bin + sbin?

Posted Oct 6, 2025 21:23 UTC (Mon) by ballombe (subscriber, #9523)
In reply to: Why split bin + sbin? by farnz
Parent article: Alpine Linux plans /usr merge

This will lead to ossification of the system.

Why split bin + sbin?

Posted Oct 7, 2025 5:18 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

What do you mean?

Why split bin + sbin?

Posted Oct 7, 2025 9:14 UTC (Tue) by farnz (subscriber, #17727) [Link]

How?

If I don't want an image based system, I can continue to run with a writeable /usr and change the contents freely, just like I can today. If I want an image based system, I can build my own images, or I can download other people's images.