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RE: FS layout issues for v1.1 (eg., /bin and /usr/bin)


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glenn Spell [mailto:glenn@gs.fay.nc.us]

<snip>

> Seems to me that the bootstrapping and build process could remain
> the same except for one final step of moving or copying a few agreed
> upon executables from /usr/bin to /bin. I'm thinking that if we copy
> instead of move then then the mount/symlinks issues will be simpler.

<snip>

With the usual caveat of complicating updating to new versions of these
files. (Not saying one is worse than the other, merely a trade off.)

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