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@@ -53,17 +53,6 @@ http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?group=hurd. - <hurd>/tasks - <hurd>/TODO -?? Why is `/usr' a symbolic link to `.'? - -{MB,FH} 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. - ?? Why is there no information on the official website about the Hurd port to L4 (Hurd/L4)? diff --git a/hurd/faq/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn b/hurd/faq/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d78913fb --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/faq/slash_usr_symlink.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 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. |