Re: [gentoo-dev] Warn users not to do separate /usr partition without proper initramfs in the handbook?

[Ciaran McCreesh]

On Sat, 30 Jul 2011 10:27:27 +0300
Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote:
> Since running separate /usr without mounting it from initramfs on top
> of / before init is and has been broken with udev for a long time
> now[1][2][3]
>
> [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364235
> [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove#Move_all_to_.2Fusr
> [3]
> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
>
> Can we warn users about not doing the separate /usr mistake in the
> handbook?

It's important to consider the timeline here. Separate /usr was
accidentally broken by a sudden increase in dependencies from base
system packages to desktopy things. It was only later that certain
people decided that "oh, separate /usr is a bad idea anyway", and they
did so because they couldn't figure out how to fix the mess they'd
caused. This is very much a case of carelessly letting the horse escape
and then trying to convince everyone that no-one needs a horse anyway...

-- 
Ciaran McCreesh