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On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 11:05 AM Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Fri, Sep 2, 2022 at 9:01 AM Marc Schiffbauer <mschiff@g.o> wrote: |
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> > * Mike Gilbert schrieb am 01.09.22 um 03:38 Uhr: |
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> > > On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 12:29 PM Jaco Kroon <jaco@××××××.za> wrote: |
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> > > > Hi, |
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> > > > That really depends. |
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> > > > If the expectation is that everything in /usr/{bin,sbin,lib*} needs to now fit on / rather than /usr we're queued to re-install a very, very large number of hosts. |
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> > > You have that reversed: the expectation is that everything in |
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> > > /{bin,sbin,lib} will fit in /usr. In other words, we move files from / |
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> > > into /usr. |
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> > So does this mean, that having /usr on a seperate filesystem remains |
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> > "supported" but is now only possible with a proper initrd? |
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> Switching to merged-usr does make it pretty much impossible to boot |
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> without an initramfs if /usr is on a separate filesystem. |
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> Having /usr on a separate filesystem without an initramfs to mount it |
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> has been "unsupported" for several years; the council made a decision |
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> on that in 2013 [1]. |
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> [1] https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20130813-summary.txt |
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To more directly answer your question: yes, having /usr on a separate |
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filesystem is still "supported" with an appropriate initramfs. |
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