Le 11/05/2013 20:05, Aron Xu a écrit : > An easy example is that, on Solaris, there is a something called boot > environment (BE), which is essentially snapshots of the combination of > /usr and /boot, users can switch between different BEs easily without > affecting any user data. Without /usr merge, doing such work could be > much more complicated because user data and system data is mixed in > the file system's hierarchy, it's hard to make sure switching between > different snapshots won't change user data. While if such thing is > done properly, then user won't be bothered about messing up the system > on upgrades or experiments anymore. They can switch among different > working environments easily, without dealing with the odds caused by > multi-boot.
What about /etc ? /var ? both contain data that can mess up with a running system... -- Stéphane -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
