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mikshaw

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Posted: Sep. 11 2005,18:49

The DSL system still follows *nix standards, in particular the filesystem hierarchy and file permissions....most other "standards" are secondary in importance in my opinion. Even the UCI system adheres to the fhs. The only difference from typical distros is that it is temporarily mounted and read-only.

A UCI is not "expanded"; it is mounted. In order to mount a filesystem you need a mount point...a single directory through which you access the filesystem. If a UCI were installed into /usr, it wouldn't be a UCI....it would be the same as a dsl package...not mounted and therefore not able to be unmounted.

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Posted: Sep. 12 2005,00:34

replace "expanded" with "populated", and consider it a suggestion, not an actuality.

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Posted: Sep. 12 2005,00:47

Even if it were "populated", you're talking about something that would require a system that loads the ramdisk with a lot of extra data for an uninstall. An uninstall system of any sort could potentially be a killer of a damn small distro. Although it might be convenient for some users, it is pointless for anyone running a liveCD or frugal. As far as i see it, a "full" harddrive install is just a extra and not the focus of DSL.

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Posted: Sep. 12 2005,01:56

what would the extra data be? again, im interested in the discussion only out of curiosity, not trying to convince anyone to switch to my brand.
and not to point out the obvious, but the poll shows almost _half_ of DSL users are hd install.

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Posted: Sep. 12 2005,02:07

extra data would at least be a list of files that are installed, and those that are overwritten by the installed files. I can't say what else it would need, but even that would require a rewrite of the mydsl system.

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