[sles-beta] SLES12 and /usr merge

[Ralf Dannert]

hi Beta team,

I noticed, that SLES 12 Beta1 is following 
http://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Usr_merge
somehow.

example:
linux:/ # ls -l /bin/mount 
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Feb 25 12:23 /bin/mount -> /usr/bin/mount


Does this already reflect final status for SLES12?

Will it be documented, why certain executables in /bin or /sbin 
are _not_ softlinks to their respective counterparts in /usr/bin or /usr/sbin ?


Does this have implications, SLES 12 being FHS compliant or not?
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.pdf

[..]
3.15. /sbin : System binaries
3.15.1. Purpose
Utilities used for system administration (and other root-only commands) are stored in /sbin, /usr/sbin, and
/usr/local/sbin. /sbin contains binaries essential for booting, restoring, recovering, and/or repairing the
system in addition to the binaries in /bin. Programs executed after /usr is known to be mounted (when there
are no problems) are generally placed into /usr/sbin. Locally-installed system administration programs
should be placed into /usr/local/sbin.
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