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From: waltdnes@××××××××.org
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: usr merge
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2016 18:34:22
Message-Id: 20160409183415.GA17891@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: usr merge by "»Q«"
1 On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 12:18:25PM -0500, »Q« wrote
2 > On Sat, 9 Apr 2016 12:09:38 -0400
3 > waltdnes@××××××××.org wrote:
4 >
5 > > On Sat, Apr 09, 2016 at 07:11:31AM -0400, Rich Freeman wrote
6 > >
7 > > > It was simply a recognition that we were already in a state where
8 > > > booting a system without /usr mounted early can cause problems.
9 > >
10 > > For certain edge cases... yes. But they were already using
11 > > initramfs or merging /usr into /. I'm talking about the 95% who
12 > > don't really need it.
13 >
14 > Booting without /usr mounted early is something Gentoo already doesn't
15 > support and can't support, right?
16
17 If you can read this post, you've got a mighty powerful imagination.
18 Because we all know that Gentoo can't boot, let alone send emails, from
19 a machine with separate /usr and no initramfs... just like I'm using
20 right now.
21
22 --
23 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
24 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: usr merge "Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@×××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: usr merge Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>