From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, HTML_MESSAGE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id 0080c1ff for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 14:15:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 49959A1E1F; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:15:25 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0AE579E99B; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:14:56 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id C4D249E99B; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:14:52 +1000 (AEST) X-Greylist: delayed 335 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at minnie.tuhs.org; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:14:51 AEST Received: from fbo-2.mxes.net (fbo-2.mxes.net [205.237.194.111]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 84CE19E998 for ; Fri, 28 Sep 2018 00:14:51 +1000 (AEST) Received: from smtp-out-1.mxes.net (smtp-out-1.mxes.net [205.237.194.119]) by fbi-2.mxes.lan (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2849E27585 for ; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:09:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: from Customer-MUA (mua.mxes.net [10.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.mxes.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 0D0202754B; Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:09:14 -0400 (EDT) From: Ronald Natalie Message-Id: <2F919C1F-3C91-4083-9B46-B5A6D28A1D54@ronnatalie.com> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_B0BD012E-76FC-49B8-BB16-D2FEAA172AF9" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 11.3 \(3445.6.18\)) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 10:09:13 -0400 In-Reply-To: To: "John P. Linderman" References: <20180927120854.u8rei%ca6c@bitmessage.ch> <633187202.18875.1538053129435.JavaMail.tomcat@india-live-be04> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.6.18) X-Sent-To: X-Sender: ronnatalie.com Subject: Re: [TUHS] The origin of /home X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: The Unix Heritage Society Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" --Apple-Mail=_B0BD012E-76FC-49B8-BB16-D2FEAA172AF9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Symlinks? Surely you jest. Not in Version 7 or System V. The idea was to keep root small for convenience in various stages of = setup. /usr was indeed intended to be a separate disk. If you look = at the early distributions like V7, you=E2=80=99ll find the /usr image = was a separate tape file. > On Sep 27, 2018, at 9:54 AM, John P. Linderman = wrote: >=20 > More opinion, unencumbered by facts. /usr contained many = sudirectories, like /usr/bin and /usr/lib, that were essential to an = operational OS. Home directories, on the other hand, persisted unchanged = when new releases of an OS were installed. Some of us had symlinks from = /usr into a separate file system to make the distinction easier to = maintain across releases. >=20 > On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Donald ODona > wrote: > At 27 Sep 2018 12:11:15 +0000 (+00:00) from "C=C3=A1g" = >: > > Hi, > > > Also, what was the > > rationale of moving the directory to /home? > originally /usr, placed on a separate disk, was what became /home much = later. Then disk space of / was running out and more an more = applications and libs were moved to the /usr device. > Much later in the 80ths much more disk space was available and a = separate /home was created. Exacly when I don't know, but there was no = /home in Ed. 7 but System V release 3 had it already. >=20 --Apple-Mail=_B0BD012E-76FC-49B8-BB16-D2FEAA172AF9 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8  Symlinks?   Surely  you jest.   Not in = Version 7 or System V.

The idea was to keep root small for convenience in various = stages of setup.   /usr was indeed intended to be a separate disk. =   If you look at the early distributions like V7, you=E2=80=99ll = find the /usr image was a separate tape file.

On Sep = 27, 2018, at 9:54 AM, John P. Linderman <jpl.jpl@gmail.com> = wrote:

More opinion, unencumbered by facts. /usr = contained many sudirectories, like /usr/bin and /usr/lib, that were = essential to an operational OS. Home directories, on the other hand, = persisted unchanged when new releases of an OS were installed. Some of = us had symlinks from /usr into a separate file system to make the = distinction easier to maintain across releases.

On Thu, = Sep 27, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Donald ODona <mutiny.mutiny@india.com> wrote:
At 27 Sep 2018 = 12:11:15 +0000 (+00:00) from "C=C3=A1g" <ca6c@bitmessage.ch>:
> Hi,
>
Also, what was the
> rationale of moving the directory to /home?
originally /usr, placed on a separate disk, was what became /home = much later. Then disk space of / was running out and more an more = applications and libs were moved to the /usr device.
Much later in the 80ths much more disk space was available and a = separate /home was created. Exacly when I don't know, but there was no = /home in Ed. 7 but System V release 3 had it already.


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