From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] OpenRC & baselayout-2 meets Gentoo
Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:16:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47E271CF.2050107@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200803201212.00421.roy@marples.name>
Roy Marples wrote:
> On Thursday 20 March 2008 06:59:24 Josh Saddler wrote:
>
>> I'll be working on the migration guide with Cardoe (and possibly Roy, if
>> we can tag-team him into submission). As much of a pain as migration
>> will be, we'll definitely need a howto. Fun, fun.
>>
>
> I already provide documentation with commands in example config files and man
> pages that cover nearly every aspect on OpenRC and all it's commands.
>
> The nice thing about not being a Gentoo dev means I don't feel the urge to
> write a migration how to. However, here's a really good primer.
>
> 1) Install OpenRC
> 2) Review all updated files in /etc/conf.d/ and /etc/rc.conf [1] [2]
> 3) If using a "volume" such as LVM, you'll find an appropriate init script
> in /etc/init.d that you need to add to the boot runlevel.
> 4) Carry on as normal [3]
>
> Thanks
>
> Roy
>
> [1] The case of variable names has been changed from UPPER to lower. This is
> for a few reasons (removes confusion vs environment vars, looks nicer).
> However, *existing* UPPER case vars should still work.
> [2] Paludis users will need to ensure that the init scripts checkfs and
> checkroot are removed. I don't care whose "bug" this is, but neither side
> wants to fix it.
> [3] A reboot is currently needed as for some reason state data isn't migrated
> from baselayout-1. This is probably due to OpenRC being split from baselayout
> and the code is pretty much the same here. Maybe some plucky Gentoo ebuild
> dev can step up and fix it.
>
You missed the whole /etc/modules.autoload.d/* -> /etc/conf.d/modules
but I already discussed that with Josh for the guide. ;)
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-03-20 5:19 [gentoo-dev] OpenRC & baselayout-2 meets Gentoo Doug Goldstein
2008-03-20 6:59 ` Josh Saddler
2008-03-20 12:12 ` Roy Marples
2008-03-20 14:16 ` Doug Goldstein [this message]
2008-03-20 14:34 ` Daniel Pielmeier
2008-03-20 20:13 ` [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] " Mike Frysinger
2008-03-24 20:26 ` [gentoo-dev] " Doug Goldstein
2008-03-24 20:35 ` Josh Saddler
2008-03-24 20:47 ` Doug Goldstein
2008-03-24 21:08 ` [gentoo-core] " Mike Frysinger
2008-03-24 21:16 ` Doug Goldstein
2008-03-24 21:32 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-24 21:36 ` Doug Goldstein
2008-03-24 21:42 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-24 21:53 ` Doug Goldstein
2008-03-24 22:03 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-24 23:49 ` Doug Goldstein
2008-03-25 12:30 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-25 8:33 ` Roy Marples
2008-03-25 12:29 ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-27 14:57 ` Doug Goldstein
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