Re: [gentoo-dev] Opinion against /usr merge

["Canek Peláez Valdés" <caneko@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Alec Warner <antarus@gentoo.org> wrote:
[snip]
>> Debian uses initramfs-tools...
>
> AFAIK, neither genkernel nor dracut were expected to get tied to the
> Gentoo update process. Has that changed?

The kernel you are running (if you update your machine) is not tied to
the Gentoo update process. The *source code* gets installed, but the
kernel source remains unchanged in /usr/src/whatever. It's the user
responsibility to configure, compile, and install the kernel (and then
update LILO, grub-legacy or GRUB2). It can be automated with (ta-da)
genkernel, but it's not "tied to the Gentoo update process".

I really don't see that much difference with needing to also update
the initramfs, if needed.

Because, besides, if your /usr is not in a different partition, you
don't even *need* an initramfs. In that case not using an initramfs is
supported by all upstreams.

Regards.
-- 
Canek Peláez Valdés
Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México