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| From: | Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Re: After /usr conflation: why not copy booting software to /sbin rather than initramfs? | ||
| Date: | Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:44:04 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20120327224153.368e30b5@digimed.co.uk | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-user] Re: After /usr conflation: why not copy booting software to /sbin rather than initramfs? by Alan Mackenzie |
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| 1 | On Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:24:22 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > That is precisely what the question was NOT about. The idea was to copy |
| 4 | > (not move) booting software to /sbin instead of an initramfs - the exact |
| 5 | > same programs, modulo noise - to have the SW in /sbin necessary to mount |
| 6 | > /usr. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | Your package manager only knows about the copy in the original location. |
| 9 | When you update you'll have multiple versions of the same program or |
| 10 | library in your path. |
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| 12 | |
| 13 | -- |
| 14 | Neil Bothwick |
| 15 | |
| 16 | In space, no one can hear you fart. |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] Re: After /usr conflation: why not copy booting software to /sbin rather than initramfs? | Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> |