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On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 07:59:47PM -0600, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> The goal is to deprecate /bin, /lib, /sbin and /usr/sbin. My |
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> understanding is that they want to move software that is installed in |
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> /bin, /sbin and /usr/sbin to /usr/bin. Also, they want to move |
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> everything from /lib to /usr/lib. |
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I don't like this one bit. Things used to be simple with the "split" between |
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/bin and /usr/bin (and its related directories), this isn't going to make it |
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more simple. |
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> 1) Start migrating packages along with upstream and have everyone who |
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> has a separate /usr (including me by the way) start using an initramfs |
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> of some kind, either dracut or one that we generate specifically for |
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> gentoo. The reason I suggest the initramfs, is, unfortunately if we |
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> migrate everything, nothing else would work. |
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I use a separate /usr with LVM on all my systems. My root partition uses |
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RAID1. And I never had the need for an initramfs of any kind. Also, there |
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are some major hurdles to take when it comes to getting an initramfs working |
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with SELinux. Most initramfs implementations I saw are not SELinux aware, so |
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all changes they make to the system either result in failures when they try, |
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or failures when the root-switch occurs. |
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> 3) Try to maintain things the way they are as long as possible. |
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I'm all for this one. |
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But if people really want to focus on initramfs, I'd appreciate some |
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documentation help on it. Not only on how to create one, but also why it is |
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necessary, how to manage initramfs'es, the concepts underlying, etc. |
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Wkr, |
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Sven Vermeulen |
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