[gentoo-commits] proj/gentoo-news:master commit in: 2013/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/

[William Hubbs]

commit:     a79dd69b0cca439bc0c483c9193c79e0554819d0
Author:     William Hubbs <williamh <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
AuthorDate: Fri Sep 27 15:21:30 2013 +0000
Commit:     William Hubbs <williamh <AT> gentoo <DOT> org>
CommitDate: Fri Sep 27 15:21:30 2013 +0000
URL:        http://sources.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gentoo-news.git;a=commit;h=a79dd69b

add newsitem about initramfs requirement

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+Title: Separate /usr on Linux requires initramfs
+Author: William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
+Content-Type: text/plain
+Posted: 2013-09-27
+Revision: 1
+News-Item-Format: 1.0
+
+Linux systems which have / and /usr on separate file systems but do not
+use an initramfs will not be supported starting on 01-Nov-2013.
+
+If you have / and /usr on separate file systems and you are not
+currently using an initramfs, you must set one up before this date.
+Otherwise, at some point on or after this date, upgrading packages
+will make your system unbootable.
+
+For more information on setting up an initramfs, see this URL:
+
+https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/HOWTO
+
+Due to many upstream changes, properly supporting Linux systems that
+have /usr missing at boot time has become increasingly difficult.
+Despite all our efforts, it already breaks in some exotic
+configurations, and this trend is likely to grow worse.
+
+For more information on the upstream changes and why using an initramfs
+is the cleanest route forward, see the following URLs:
+
+http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
+https://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/01/the-boot-process

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