[systemd-devel] [PATCH] udev hwdb: Support shipping pre-compiled database in system images

[Martin Pitt]

Lennart Poettering [2014-10-27 16:37 +0100]:
> After all, moving those files away from /etc doesn't really make
> sense on split-/usr systems anyway, as it wouldn't help monopolizing
> vendor data in /usr really... Or at least I think the --usr stuff is
> really about monopolizing vendor data in /usr, and if you have a
> split-/usr system then that goal is moot anyway...

It still does make sense. On those systems, the "OS" == /bin, /sbin,
/lib*, /usr, /boot. Except for that it's pretty much like a single
/usr tree.

I. e. with this one can still build system images with these dirs
being r/o, and it also avoids an architecture-specific and big binary
file in an otherwise "config file only" /etc. (Yes, /etc/ld.so.cache
is somewhat of an exception, but it's arch independent, text, and
small).

Thanks,

Martin

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