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fix another typo
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JonnyJD
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Some kind of "update" on this issue:

Recently some Linux distributions are merging /bin into /usr/bin and relatedly /lib into /usr/lib. Sometimes also (/usr)/sbin to /usr/bin (Arch Linux). So /usr is expected to be available at the same time as /.

The distinction between the two hierarchies is taketaken to be unnecessary complexity now. The idea was once having only /bin available at boot, but having an initial ramdisk makes this obsolete.

I know of Fedora Linux (2011) and Arch Linux (2012) going this way and Solaris is doing this for a long time (> 15 years).

Some kind of "update" on this issue:

Recently some Linux distributions are merging /bin into /usr/bin and relatedly /lib into /usr/lib. Sometimes also (/usr)/sbin to /usr/bin (Arch Linux). So /usr is expected to be available at the same time as /.

The distinction between the two hierarchies is take to be unnecessary complexity now. The idea was once having only /bin available at boot, but having an initial ramdisk makes this obsolete.

I know of Fedora Linux (2011) and Arch Linux (2012) going this way and Solaris is doing this for a long time (> 15 years).

Some kind of "update" on this issue:

Recently some Linux distributions are merging /bin into /usr/bin and relatedly /lib into /usr/lib. Sometimes also (/usr)/sbin to /usr/bin (Arch Linux). So /usr is expected to be available at the same time as /.

The distinction between the two hierarchies is taken to be unnecessary complexity now. The idea was once having only /bin available at boot, but having an initial ramdisk makes this obsolete.

I know of Fedora Linux (2011) and Arch Linux (2012) going this way and Solaris is doing this for a long time (> 15 years).

make it a bit easier to read
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JonnyJD
JonnyJD
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Some kind of "update" on this issue:

Recently some Linux distributions are merging /bin into /usr/bin and relatedrelatedly /lib into /usr/lib and sometimes. Sometimes also (/usr)/sbin to /usr/bin (Arch Linux). So /usr is expected to be available at the same time as /.

The reason being that itdistinction between the two hierarchies is antake to be unnecessary complexity now. The reasonidea was once having only /bin available at boot, but having an initial ramdisk makes this obsolete.

I know of Fedora Linux (2011) and Arch Linux (2012) going this way and Solaris is doing this for a long time (> 15 years).

Some kind of "update" on this issue:

Recently some Linux distributions are merging /bin into /usr/bin and related /lib into /usr/lib and sometimes also (/usr)/sbin to /usr/bin (Arch Linux) So /usr is expected to be available at the same time as /.

The reason being that it is an unnecessary complexity. The reason was once having only /bin available at boot, but having an initial ramdisk makes this obsolete.

I know of Fedora Linux (2011) and Arch Linux (2012) going this way and Solaris is doing this for a long time (> 15 years).

Some kind of "update" on this issue:

Recently some Linux distributions are merging /bin into /usr/bin and relatedly /lib into /usr/lib. Sometimes also (/usr)/sbin to /usr/bin (Arch Linux). So /usr is expected to be available at the same time as /.

The distinction between the two hierarchies is take to be unnecessary complexity now. The idea was once having only /bin available at boot, but having an initial ramdisk makes this obsolete.

I know of Fedora Linux (2011) and Arch Linux (2012) going this way and Solaris is doing this for a long time (> 15 years).

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JonnyJD
JonnyJD
  • 515
  • 5
  • 14

Some kind of "update" on this issue:

Recently some Linux distributions are merging /bin into /usr/bin and related /lib into /usr/lib and sometimes also (/usr)/sbin to /usr/bin (Arch Linux) So /usr is expected to be available at the same time as /.

The reason being that it is an unnecessary complexity. The reason was once having only /bin available at boot, but having an initial ramdisk makes this obsolete.

I know of Fedora Linux (2011) and Arch Linux (2012) going this way and Solaris is doing this for a long time (> 15 years).