[arch-general] Merge /bin to /usr/bin?

[Kevin Chadwick]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:54:08 +0000
Clive Cooper wrote:

> > IMHO it is not the worst thing to separate /bin and /usr/bin ;-)
> > https://github.com/MrMEEE/bumblebee-Old-and-abbandoned/commit/a047be85247755cdbe0acce6

Ah good a public thread, my message to the dev list got bounced.

As a new user to Arch. I was shocked to find binaries like firefox in
library directories? 

Should /bin and /sbin contain all the statically built execs to
increase the reliability of single user mode.


I often have other problems when trying to partition on Linux, Arch is
one of the only distros to suggest partitioning by default, nice one.

I'm not a fan of /opt and other new partitions coming along as it
causes headaches for partitioning like how much space but I see how it
may (unlikely but possible) prevent third party programs damaging the
system.

I see udev creating directories in /media as a problem for the goal of
read only systems, unless it is on it's own partition. Personally I use
udev rules to mount to /mnt/usb0, /mnt/usb1 etc. making it consistent
and logical to human users and sudoers, not to mention the problem of
stupidly long named directories on occasion making escaping required
or copying on the commandline.

Anyway here's some food for thought you might find interesting about FHS
compared to the OpenBSD way of doing things. The thread has some other
useful thoughts too.

"http://marc.info/?l=openbsd-tech&m=130503366832069&w=2"

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Kc