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On 07/31/2011 03:59 AM, Jorge Manuel B. S. Vicetto wrote: |
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> On 30-07-2011 22:17, William Hubbs wrote: |
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>> On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 10:27:27AM +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote: |
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>>> Since running separate /usr without mounting it from initramfs on |
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>>> top of / before init is and has been broken with udev for a long |
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>>> time now[1][2][3] |
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>>> |
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>>> [1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364235 [2] |
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>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove#Move_all_to_.2Fusr |
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>>> [3] |
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>>> http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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>>> |
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> Can we warn users about not doing the separate /usr mistake in the handbook? |
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>> There are actually two options for us according to upstream. One is |
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>> the one you are talking about -- mounting /usr from an initramfs |
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>> before / is mounted. The other is to mount local file systems, if |
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>> setups are simple enough, before we start udev. I could set this one |
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>> up easily enough just by moving localmount to the boot runlevel. |
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>> Can we discuss both options? |
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> If there's any option that allows the use of a separate /usr partition |
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> without an initramfs, then let's explore it. I don't feel like having to |
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> use an initramfs just because I want a small / without /usr on it. |
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The message is really missing all the context without explanation for |
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WHY you want it. |
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