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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:21:32
Message-Id: 52483741.8000806@libertytrek.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 by Bruce Hill
1 On 2013-09-28 8:30 AM, Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > This does not mean that on November 1 your system will not be able to boot.
3 > Its simply means that beginning November 1, Gentoo devs are not required to
4 > jump through hoops to make apps work on systems with /usr separate from /.
5 >
6 > Now, what are you going to do? That's the question.
7
8 This won't necessarily be the end of the worl, if, and ONLY if any and
9 all ebuild mainteainers are REQUIRED to provide very large and scary
10 warnings if they change something that will cause any systems with a
11 separate /usr and NO initramfs to fail to boot.
12
13 Anything else is pure sadism.

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Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>