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?
Right.
> However rpm which is a rather important command requires
libraries
> in /usr/lib:
Right, rpm is broken.
I had reported the same issue for FC4
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=165012
... but unlike promised, RH's rpm maintainers apparently did not fix it.
> [dumas@patoune lib]$ ldd /bin/rpm | grep usr
A related question is: why is rpm in /bin,
Because you need it during installs,
when /usr is not yet available.
and not /usr/bin/? (I'd
venture to guess this may have something to do with
anaconda/installer-stage stuff).
Partially. Actual cause is: /usr is optional. A
minimal system must be
usable without /usr being available.
Ralf