[gentoo-dev] rfc: Does OpenRC really need mount-ro

[William Hubbs]

All,

I have a bug that points out a significant issue with
/etc/init.d/mount-ro in OpenRC.

Apparently, there are issues that cause it to not work properly for file
systems which happen to be pre-mounted from an initramfs [1].

This service only exists in the Linux world; there is no equivalent in
OpenRC for any other operating systems we support.

The reason it exists is very vague to me; I think it has something to do
with claims of data loss in the past.

I'm asking for more specific information, and if there is none, due to
the bug I lincluded in this message, I am considering removing this
service in 0.21 since I can't find an equivalent anywhere else.

Thanks,

William

[1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=573760