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From: Chris Coleman <chrsclmn@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Warn users not to do separate /usr partition without proper initramfs in the handbook?
Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:52:23
Message-Id: CAAve8qU8qSFg52Sg5BVzGp0FuZpYCap-XjASXv6hxeHy1tELHg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Warn users not to do separate /usr partition without proper initramfs in the handbook? by Samuli Suominen
1 On 30 July 2011 08:27, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote:
2
3 > Since running separate /usr without mounting it from initramfs on top of
4 > / before init is and has been broken with udev for a long time now[1][2][3]
5 >
6 > [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364235
7 > [2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove#Move_all_to_.2Fusr
8 > [3]
9 > http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken
10 >
11 > Can we warn users about not doing the separate /usr mistake in the
12 > handbook?
13 >
14
15 I reported this to bugzilla[1] in June. There was no resolution, but the
16 discussion was interesting and worth reading. To summarize, changing the
17 handbook would be a start, but it doesn't solve the larger problem, and
18 separate /usr will be supported for as long as it is practical to do so.
19
20 I don't know how to resolve the situation, but I'm relieved to hear that
21 other people care.
22
23 [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=372317