On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 06:33 -0400, Rex Dieter wrote:
Patrice Dumas wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I was under the impression that the commands and libraries in /bin and
> /lib were meant to be usable without /usr mounted. Is it right?
> However rpm which is a rather important command requires libraries
> in /usr/lib:
>
> [dumas@patoune lib]$ ldd /bin/rpm | grep usr
A related question is: why is rpm in /bin, and not /usr/bin/? (I'd
venture to guess this may have something to do with
anaconda/installer-stage stuff).
I'm pretty sure it use to be statically linked, and probably remains
in /bin for historic reasons.
I'm guessing those that there are few situations where rpm is useful
when /usr is not mounted.