Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (1578 mails)

[Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 09:48:50AM +0100, Ludwig Nussel wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > As a proposal for 12.2, I would like to implement the move of all
> > binaries to /usr/ like is being done at the moment in Fedora.
> > [...]
> > If there are no major objections, I'll start working on Base:system in
> > December.
>
> This would be really massive and invasive change. Could you try this out
> in a branch first before bothering packagers, please?

I'll branch Base:system to test this out, of course.

> The modifications needed are most likely not just simple spec file
> changes even if it may seem so in the first place. Esp the update case
> seems underestimated to me. Also keep in mind that Factory must still be able
> to bootstrap itself during the transition.

I understand.

> Has anyone considered modifying rpm to transparently take care of the
> relocation?

I don't think that would be a good idea, it would only confuse people,
right?

thanks,

greg k-h
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