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From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Cc: William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>, council@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Council meeting: Tuesday 8th May 2012, 19:00 UTC
Date: Sat, 05 May 2012 03:02:53
Message-Id: 201205042046.22210.vapier@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Council meeting: Tuesday 8th May 2012, 19:00 UTC by William Hubbs
1 On Friday 04 May 2012 19:06:37 William Hubbs wrote:
2 > If you use an initramfs to pre-mount /usr, all of these issues are moot
3 > and things just work (tm). Mike's sep-usr use flag option on busybox
4 > may do this, but see below.
5 >
6 > - Separate /usr without initramfs blocks the /usr merge.
7 > In my original request to have your vote reviewed, I pointed out the
8 > document which asserts that the /usr merge is a good thing and pointed
9 > out the thread in which we discussed it on -dev. The arguments
10 > supporting it are strong, and I haven't seen any technical argument
11 > against it that would not be addressed by using an initramfs with
12 > separate /usr. If you are using an initramfs, you will never know
13 > when the /usr merge happens, but if you are using something like
14 > Mike's option your system is not compatible with the merge.
15
16 why exactly do you say that ? i already explained that busybox[sep-usr] works
17 perfectly fine in a /usr-merged world. the /ginit static ELF literally needs
18 nothing else in the system to work. you could boot a rootfs where the only
19 thing in / was ginit and it wouldn't be a problem.
20 -mike

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Re: [gentoo-project] Council meeting: Tuesday 8th May 2012, 19:00 UTC William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>