[Buildroot] [PATCH] system: add options for /bin /sbin and /lib to be symlinks into /usr

[Peter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>]

>>>>> "Arnout" == Arnout Vandecappelle <arnout@mind.be> writes:

Hi,

>> Is there any reason why we explicitly add the symlinks for /bin / /sbin
 >> and /lib and don't just do:
 >> 
 >> ln -sf . usr

 >  Well, in Fedora I think the idea was that / could be an initramfs and /usr
 > would be mounted read-only. But since we don't directly support that use case,
 > making /usr a symlink would indeed be an option.

 >  However, I'm not really in favour of it. I don't see that it brings
 > a lot of benefit, other than reducing the number of symlinks from 3
 > to 1. But it does create /share and /local which looks weird could
 > potentially conflict with existing user directories (e.g. a
 > mountpoint for windows shares...). Also it makes it more complicated
 > for the user to implement a fedora-like mounted /usr.

Ok - fine, having 1 or 3 symlinks isn't really a big deal. Just symlinking /usr
seemed the simplest possible solution.

-- 
Venlig hilsen,
Peter Korsgaard