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Date:	Fri, 9 Jun 2000 13:04:46 -0700
To:	Carl Thompson <cet AT carlthompson DOT net>
Subject:	Re: setup, default mounts
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If I'm understanding this all properly, I'm going
to have a bit of a situation when I do finally upgrade
from b20.1.

Ever since b18 or so, I've flattened the distribution
and currently depend on:

C: -> /

with

/bin
/usr/bin
/usr/lib
/usr/local/ ...

being wholly separate entities.

Looks like we're heading from one extreme to another.

ie. from an overly deep directory structure to an
overly flat one.  Sheesh !

bisk


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Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 12:54:07 -0700
From: Carl Thompson <cet AT carlthompson DOT net>
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To: Peter Ring <PRI AT cddk DOT dk>
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Subject: Re: setup, default mounts

Peter Ring wrote:
>
> Is there a special reason for not just having four real directories,
> /bin and /usr/bin, /lib and /usr/lib? Why mount directories at all?

Even some commercial Unices do this with links.  HP-UX 10.09 and 10.15
did IIRC, (yes, those were real versions) and maybe other / more recent
versions too.

> ...

> Kind regards,
> Peter Ring

Carl Thompson

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