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| From: | Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Cc: | acm@×××.de | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] Re: After /usr conflation: why not copy booting software to /sbin rather than initramfs? | ||
| Date: | Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:51:14 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20120327234819.45111444@khamul.example.com | ||
| 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 |
| 2 | Alan Mackenzie <acm@×××.de> wrote: |
| 3 | |
| 4 | > That is precisely what the question was NOT about. The idea was to |
| 5 | > copy (not move) booting software to /sbin instead of an initramfs - |
| 6 | > the exact same programs, modulo noise - to have the SW in /sbin |
| 7 | > necessary to mount /usr. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Two words: |
| 10 | |
| 11 | shared libraries |
| 12 | |
| 13 | Copying binaries is not enough. You have to find and copy every shared |
| 14 | library those binaries use. Plus all the data and other files they |
| 15 | might need. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | This is non-trivial. |
| 18 | |
| 19 | -- |
| 20 | Alan McKinnnon |
| 21 | alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
| Subject | Author |
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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> |