Fedora 18 existing /usr partition -- need to merge into rootfs?

[Harald Hoyer]

Am 01.04.2013 14:57, schrieb Reindl Harald:
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> Am 01.04.2013 14:47, schrieb Noah Cutler:
>> I'm confused over the whole separate /usr partition is broken thing:
>> http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
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>> Everything appears to work swimmingly here after 1 month of use -- separate /usr partition does not appear to be
>> broken...anymore??
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> maybe, maybe not, it is not well tested at all
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It was never broken, when we started mounting /usr from within the initramfs
after the /usr-move.

>> Just trying to future proof my setup; if it's better to merge /usr into rootfs, so be it, better to do it early
>> days with the new system.
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>> Otherwise, if someone can chime in here with some sage partitioning advice as to how to proceed moving forward with
>> Fedora, that would be much appreciated.
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>> FWIW, as a beginner the benefits I see in a diverse micro-managed partitioning scheme (vs. the mega partition) is
>> being able to fsck quickly; clone partitions quickly (e.g. copy to additional disks), and prevent runaway logs and
>> the like (there are likely others)
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> it makes ZERO sense to split /usr to a own partition
> you owuld really clone a partition containing the whole system
> or share it with another setup without the depending RPM database
> which lives in /var/lib/rpm/?
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> sorry but the idea of a seperate /usr is broken at all

This is FUD. The idea is perfectly fine and we should bring our OS in shape for
doing it so.


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