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On Dec 24, 2012 11:46 PM, "Bruce Hill" <daddy@×××××××××××××××××××××.com> |
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> On Mon, Dec 24, 2012 at 05:06:41PM +0200, Nuno J. Silva wrote: |
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> > Now, also, from my understanding, this was already the case for some |
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> > time (maybe even years?). And that's why I've asked for more details. |
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> > So, if the udev you use is OK with no initrd, what is in the new udev |
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> > that actually requires the initrd? |
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> "eselect news read" is yore freeeend ;) |
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> 2012-03-16-udev-181-unmasking |
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> Title udev-181 unmasking |
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> Author William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> |
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> Posted 2012-03-16 |
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> Revision 1 |
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> udev-181 is being unmasked on 2012-03-19. |
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> This news item is to inform you that once you upgrade to a version of |
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> udev >=181, if you have /usr on a separate partition, you must boot your |
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> system with an initramfs which pre-mounts /usr. |
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> An initramfs which does this is created by |
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> >=sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.25.1 or |
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> >=sys-kernel/dracut-017-r1. If you do not want to use these tools, be |
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> sure any initramfs you create pre-mounts /usr. |
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> Also, if you are using OpenRC, you must upgrade to >= openrc-0.9.9. |
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> For more information on why this has been done, see the following URL: |
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> http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken |
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> You can read that systemd is *THE* problem, not udev, and that until the |
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> primma donnas fubared udev by jamming systemd into it, There Was No Such |
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> Problem (TM). |
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> And that explains where the train jumped the track... |
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BINGO! |
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I'm an Enterprise SysAdmin, and for me things that happen 'at the same |
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time' with 'details hidden because it clutters the screen' means lost |
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weekends trying to figure out what went wrong during boot. |
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I absolutely *love* OpenRC for it clearly, explicitly shows what steps took |
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place during initialization. I dislike Upstart, but I hate SystemD. |
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An init is exactly that : INITial system state. Not something that wants to |
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be-all and end-all like systemd. |
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That is exactly the reason when udev started to drift -- no, *veer* -- |
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towards systemd, I embraced Walter Dnes' solution of mdev. |
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Sorry if slightly off-topic. |
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Rgds, |
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