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On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:18:52 +0100 |
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Ulrich Mueller <ulm@g.o> wrote: |
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> >>>>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2021, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> > /etc/localtime should definitely be a symlink to the proper file in |
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> > /usr/share/zoneinfo. |
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> > This works fine if /usr is on a separate partition *and* you are using |
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> > an initramfs. The only time it doesn't work is if /usr is separate |
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> > without using an initramfs. |
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> > Council decided years ago that we don't support separate /usr without |
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> > an initramfs, but we haven't completed that transition yet. |
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> Which doesn't imply that we deliberately break things. |
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How about making emerge --config dynamic, copying if it's on a |
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different partition and symlinking if it's not? You can't accurately |
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determine the use of an initramfs but at least this is closer to what |
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we want. |
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James Le Cuirot (chewi) |
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