On 2013-10-20 at 06:48:54 [+0200], looncraz <looncraz@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is the removal of the B_COMMON_* really even needed or advisable? > > Why not leave them and have them redirect to the new locations where > common files may reside - even if there is more than one way to that > path - that way minds can be changed in the future and there is less > work now... > > Personally, I was quite fond of the /boot/common/ idea for multiuser > purposes, though I can certainly live without it... but I thought of it > as a way for all users to share resources without them being embedded > into system... With /boot/system being made of packages, it's easy to add or remove some there, without much risk of breaking anything beyond repair. If you want to share non-packaged stuff, /boot is still writable and you can create a "common" folder (or another fancy name) to share things. There's also /boot/system/non-packaged if the stuff is non-packaged AND needs to be in system PATH, for example. -- Adrien.