[fhs-discuss] static sharable files

[Karl Goetz]

On Sun, 15 May 2011 14:06:33 +0930
Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> wrote:

> On Wed, 11 May 2011 15:48:24 +1000, Karl Goetz <karl at kgoetz.id.au>
> wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 May 2011 11:06:08 +0930
> > Rusty Russell <rusty at rustcorp.com.au> wrote:
> > > Note that such symlinking doesn't require FHS changes; when FHS
> > > says a directory should contain something, that something may be
> > > a symlink to elsewhere.
> > 
> > Hi rusty,
> > Are you saying "If /usr is mandated by FHS, it can be a symlink
> > to /", or "If /usr is mandated by FHS, it must be a directory and
> > can optionally contain nothing but symlinks"?
> 
> Both.  Anywhere the FHS says "foo must exist", foo can be a symlink.

right, thanks for the clarification.

> > General question (for all): Would it be worth us changing the /usr
> > section to say it may be a symlink to / under certain circumstances?
> > kk
> 
> No, because this applies globally to the FHS.  Putting it explicitly
> in one place would probably make things more confusing...

understood.
thanks for commenting,
kk

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Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS)
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