On 8/21/21, Andy Smith <a...@strugglers.net> wrote: > Hi Tim, > > On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 05:29:54PM -0400, Timothy M Butterworth wrote: >> I have a new-be question, what is the point of merged-usr? > > I put "debian merged-usr" into my favourite search engine and the > first result was: > > https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge > > Does this page and those linked from it answer your question > sufficiently as to what the point of the effort is? > > The link near to the bottom: > > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge > > is quite informative.
Thanks for the links, I have read them and I am all caught up now. This seems like something that Linux Standard Base LSB should have resolved regarding the installation directory. > If you read those and it still isn't clear, it might be best to ask > about it on debian-user, as debian-devel would really be for Debian > Developers (who are mostly up to speed on this already to varying > degrees) to decide about *how* to do it, not the basics of *why* or if > it even *should* be done. > > It has been the default for some time for new installs and the > tech-ctte already decided that it will be the only supported > configuration for the next release after bookworm. At this point > rehashing the whys of it would be repeating conversations had over > the last several years, so I feel like it's a user documentation > issue at this point if that's necessary. > > Cheers, > Andy > >
