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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-03-19 18:47:23 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-03-19 18:47:23 +0100 |
| commit | d166bfaaa3ddf8b83b5cc6bde62f8872e6a80c82 (patch) | |
| tree | 4d8a8904c2c49122c37895ed4573a5fcbd19ed4f /faq/running/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn | |
| parent | 64f867bbc45d265009a1bad590bc1d4d9ea91d6e (diff) | |
| parent | ce8c2531cdb7ee05784437da4c38459e5d3897d6 (diff) | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'savannah/master'
As part of the merge, fix some typos, add copyright and licensing headers, and
a few more minor changes.
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diff --git a/faq/running/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn b/faq/running/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e7d7776a --- /dev/null +++ b/faq/running/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013 Free +Software Foundation, Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!meta title="Why is `/usr' a symbolic link to `.'?"]] + +The distinction between `/` and `/usr` has historical reasons. Back when [[Unix]] +systems were booted from two tapes, a small root tape and a big user tape. +Today, we like to use different partitions for these two spaces. The Hurd +throws this historical garbage away. We think that we have found a more +flexible solution called union filesystems, which allow to create virtual +filesystems which are the union of several other filesystems. However, support +for union filesystems is [[still in early development|hurd/translator/unionfs]]. |