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Hi Gang |
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About a few minutes ago, sys-apps/baselayout-1.8.6.0 should have |
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hit portage. It is package.mask and ~ masked, as it is still |
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fairly alpha. |
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Main change is it moves away from the tmpfs mount in /mnt/.init.d/, |
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to default not using tmpfs (or ramfs for that matter), and the |
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rc-script state dir moves to /var/state/init.d, which should be more |
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within standards. |
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Now, I really do ask people who have some time to fiddle around with |
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it to try it out, and let me know if there are any major problems. |
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PLEASE make sure you know how to rescue your system before trying it, |
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and PLEASE do NOT install it if you are not an fairly advanced user. |
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Also, PLEASE, PLEASE do update all CONFIG_PROTECT files, especially |
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/etc/inittab, and stuff in /etc/init.d/. |
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I would aspecially appreciate feedback on the following: |
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1) Does it create and move contents of /mnt/.init.d/ to |
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/var/state/init.d/ properly, and are next reboot ok? |
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2) Does it boot for most systems that are fairly default, |
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to those that should not need the tmpfs mount OK ... |
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meaning, if it fails for reasons related to not having |
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/var/state/init.d/ on a tmpfs mount, and you *think* it |
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should have worked fine, give me a shout. |
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3) Those who use RAID, please have a look at the new RAID |
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stuff in /etc/init.d/checkfs, and let me know if it works |
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fine or not, especially the output .. is it formatted OK? |
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That are fairly untested (after pasting and modifying ...), |
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so feedback will be appreciated. |
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For those that have setups that do require the tmpfs state dir, |
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edit /etc/conf.d/rc (after updating baselayout, and updating |
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CONFIG_PROTECT files), and change: |
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svcmount="no" |
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to: |
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svcmount="yes" |
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In general, I did try to make sure that it works fine, but there |
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could be some hidden bugs, so once again, if you are not sure that |
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you will be able to recover your system, PLEASE DO NOT INSTALL THIS!! |
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Regards, |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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