Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Gummiboot -> efibootmgr
Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2016 20:14:20
Message-Id: CAGfcS_nfcYmK3FWky1R5Go1zQfHdStb2TMpa0y6LM4OfPZ9Vfg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Gummiboot -> efibootmgr by Neil Bothwick
1 On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk> wrote:
2 >
3 > I've no idea how tightly bootctl (as gummibot is now called after its
4 > assimilation in the the systemd collective) is bound to systemd. It may
5 > well be feasible to create an ebuild that builds bootctl from the systemd
6 > sources without the rest of systemd, as is already done with udev.
7 >
8
9 It sounds like the integration isn't too tight at runtime at least.
10
11 Worst case just install systemd. It doesn't do anything unless you
12 change your init= line on your kernel command line.
13
14 It sounds like the systemd team is looking into options for keeping
15 gummiboot around in some form for openrc users.
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18 Rich