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On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 12:20:15PM -0800, Chad C. Walstrom wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 30, 2001 at 09:41:21PM +1300, Steve Wray wrote:
> > > Reason #1:  Mount /usr as read-only.  There is only one reason why
> you
> > ONLY if you also have /usr/share (for one, there may be others) on
> writeable
> > partitions!!!
> Why would you want/need to have /usr/share writeable?  FHS 2.2 states:
>         4.11  /usr/share : Architecture-independent data
>         4.11.1  Purpose
>         The /usr/share hierarchy is for all read-only architecture
>         independent data files. [25]
    
    So you can install software that puts stuff in /usr/share/man and
    /usr/share/doc?  


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