From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C2B1381F3 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:57:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D50BEE0EA4; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:57:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mout.perfora.net (mout.perfora.net [74.208.4.194]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CF064E0DE7 for ; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 14:57:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (66-208-231-133.ubr01a.rte20201.pa.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [66.208.231.133]) by mrelay.perfora.net (node=mrus4) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0MO6zE-1VVm551gtY-006IGl; Sun, 29 Sep 2013 10:57:12 -0400 Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 09:57:10 -0500 From: Bruce Hill To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 Message-ID: <20130929145710.GN23408@server> References: <20130927222109.GD23408@server> <5246079E.7090406@gmail.com> <20130927223916.GE23408@server> <52460D42.2080109@gmail.com> <52461056.9020604@gmail.com> <52469659.8040003@gmail.com> <20130928123045.GG23408@server> <52483741.8000806@libertytrek.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <52483741.8000806@libertytrek.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:6mRRqL/LLM15z6kfPbmu0N2TsLwUZlax2uwgL0baQsO VWWFAGVx2Hfz4tMm/jWLPn9wWuGP9IMqo69d7HdWORjhsZBZSx 2kRaK6K0BtRRy2wK1Y8tJ9+qaQ/kwX1HTY+1Ssey+JOLflsxaF QbrxTn6cBRZH/qWKW6hRA7D5N44XGc0PUwHQmruajal/Hsix+S aUDd2PhrhdEtFRm+RnvgRi2gE3FrGmAewOFvkEj+TbrRQDrQtj MBNkmP4hkVOmDAs8ww654aU1Hm+fyqKvyVL40DqrVz5QTXDQQ7 t9NoouHcjs0XN2fM06lurwFeneKnaCqRI+uL1OojJgEIns03BG Zz7NSa4+drXfITjUv3Zz1+5lhafzptj42Nysc46UJ X-Archives-Salt: f8c13e22-17a4-41cf-9b2e-5efe0c7c14cd X-Archives-Hash: 5756c047eddc7fe63592bd35e469c9a3 On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 10:20:49AM -0400, Tanstaafl wrote: > On 2013-09-28 8:30 AM, Bruce Hill wrote: > > This does not mean that on November 1 your system will not be able to boot. > > Its simply means that beginning November 1, Gentoo devs are not required to > > jump through hoops to make apps work on systems with /usr separate from /. > > > > Now, what are you going to do? That's the question. > > This won't necessarily be the end of the worl, if, and ONLY if any and > all ebuild mainteainers are REQUIRED to provide very large and scary > warnings if they change something that will cause any systems with a > separate /usr and NO initramfs to fail to boot. The news item *IS* the warning. -- Happy Penguin Computers >') 126 Fenco Drive ( \ Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ support@happypenguincomputers.com 662-269-2706 662-205-6424 http://happypenguincomputers.com/ A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing in e-mail? Don't top-post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_post#Top-posting