alt Hacker NewsNote that this is about a different thing - Debian has also merged its /bin into /usr/bin, but now systemd also wants /usr/bin and /usr/sbin to be merged.
Note that this is about a different thing - Debian has also merged its /bin into /usr/bin, but now systemd also wants /usr/bin and /usr/sbin to be merged.
Oh thanks, I totally missed that distinctions. You’re right.
My first thought is to wonder: why would systemd care about this then? Any idea?
My second thought is: with a merged /usr, where /usr/{bin,sbin} are on the same filesystem, what’s the benefit of even having a distinct sbin? My understanding is that sbin has historically been useful to have statically linked binaries that can be made available early during boot without needing various lib dirs mounted. But that need seems obviated by a unified /usr…