[fhs-discuss] static sharable files

Rusty Russell rusty at rustcorp.com.au
Sat May 14 21:36:33 PDT 2011


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.

> 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...

Cheers,
Rusty.


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