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http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/ http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForT... In short: because havin

by zarvox 11y ago

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/ http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForT... In short: because having things in /usr is equally compatible, and makes some useful things like atomically snapshotting /usr to snapshot all executables, mounting /usr readonly, etc. possible.

craftkiller 11y ago
Ah I had not considered snapshotting just /usr before. Thanks for the link, it makes a lot more sense now!