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From: Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01
Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:57:23
Message-Id: 20130929145710.GN23408@server
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 by Tanstaafl
1 On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:20:49AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote:
2 > On 2013-09-28 8:30 AM, Bruce Hill <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com> wrote:
3 > > This does not mean that on November 1 your system will not be able to boot.
4 > > Its simply means that beginning November 1, Gentoo devs are not required to
5 > > jump through hoops to make apps work on systems with /usr separate from /.
6 > >
7 > > Now, what are you going to do? That's the question.
8 >
9 > This won't necessarily be the end of the worl, if, and ONLY if any and
10 > all ebuild mainteainers are REQUIRED to provide very large and scary
11 > warnings if they change something that will cause any systems with a
12 > separate /usr and NO initramfs to fail to boot.
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Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@×××××××××××.org>