Re: [gentoo-dev] OpenRC & baselayout-2 meets Gentoo

[Daniel Pielmeier]

2008/3/20, Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o>:
> Roy Marples wrote:
> > On Thursday 20 March 2008 06:59:24 Josh Saddler wrote:
> >
> >> I'll be working on the migration guide with Cardoe (and possibly Roy, if
> >> we can tag-team him into submission). As much of a pain as migration
> >> will be, we'll definitely need a howto. Fun, fun.
> >>
> >
> > I already provide documentation with commands in example config files and man
> > pages that cover nearly every aspect on OpenRC and all it's commands.
> >
> > The nice thing about not being a Gentoo dev means I don't feel the urge to
> > write a migration how to. However, here's a really good primer.
> >
> > 1) Install OpenRC
> > 2) Review all updated files in /etc/conf.d/ and /etc/rc.conf [1] [2]
> > 3) If using a "volume" such as LVM, you'll find an appropriate init script
> > in /etc/init.d that you need to add to the boot runlevel.
> > 4) Carry on as normal [3]
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Roy
> >
> > [1] The case of variable names has been changed from UPPER to lower. This is
> > for a few reasons (removes confusion vs environment vars, looks nicer).
> > However, *existing* UPPER case vars should still work.
> > [2] Paludis users will need to ensure that the init scripts checkfs and
> > checkroot are removed. I don't care whose "bug" this is, but neither side
> > wants to fix it.
> > [3] A reboot is currently needed as for some reason state data isn't migrated
> > from baselayout-1. This is probably due to OpenRC being split from baselayout
> > and the code is pretty much the same here. Maybe some plucky Gentoo ebuild
> > dev can step up and fix it.
> >
> You missed the whole /etc/modules.autoload.d/* -> /etc/conf.d/modules
> but I already discussed that with Josh for the guide. ;)
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Maybe the XSESSION variable disappearing from /etc/rc.conf and the
changed settings in /etc/conf.d/clock are worth consideration too!

Regards,

Daniel
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