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From: Lucas Ramage <ramage.lucas94@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: openrc-0.28 mounts efivars read only
Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 00:29:20
Message-Id: CAKkjsY_WD1AmDkNNf3d3Q-Zyoid7ux0Cgs6ZT=zbuCkwb2cW+g@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: openrc-0.28 mounts efivars read only by Matt Turner
1 What needs to be changed for the bootloaders? I may be able to assist.
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3 On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 7:04 PM, Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o> wrote:
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5 > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 2:44 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
6 > wrote:
7 > > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 04:03:25PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote:
8 > >> On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 11:42 AM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
9 > wrote:
10 > >> > OpenRC 0.28 will mount efivars read only by default due to concerns
11 > >> > about users bricking systems by writing to this filesystem
12 > unexpectedly.
13 > >> >
14 > >> > Here is the newsitem covering this change.
15 > >> >
16 > >> > William
17 > >> >
18 > >>
19 > >> This will break boot loader installers, like grub-install and bootctl
20 > >> (systemd-boot). Please update any relevant documents on the wiki, or
21 > >> find someone who can do it for you.
22 > >
23 > > I'm not stopping anyone from making those updates, so if someone knows
24 > > what needs to be changed, go for it. :-)
25 >
26 > That's now how this works. You can't leave something as crucial as
27 > boot loader installation documentation in a bad state.
28 >
29 > It's your responsibility to ensure that happens.
30 >
31 >
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Re: [gentoo-dev] newsitem: openrc-0.28 mounts efivars read only Matt Turner <mattst88@g.o>