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Hi, Alan. |
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On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 11:48:19PM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:24:22 +0000 |
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> Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote: |
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> > That is precisely what the question was NOT about. The idea was to |
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> > copy (not move) booting software to /sbin instead of an initramfs - |
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> > the exact same programs, modulo noise - to have the SW in /sbin |
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> > necessary to mount /usr. |
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> Two words: |
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> shared libraries |
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> Copying binaries is not enough. You have to find and copy every shared |
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> library those binaries use. Plus all the data and other files they |
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> might need. |
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> This is non-trivial. |
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<silently screams>. It's equally non-trivial for initramfs, yet nobody |
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seems to be raising this objection for that. |
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Why is nobody else on this thread willing to take up its main point, the |
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exact equivalence between the known, ugly, initramfs solution and the as |
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yet half-baked idea of putting the same binaries into /sbin? |
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> -- |
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> Alan McKinnnon |
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> alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany). |