From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1SD5gs-00080l-Mp for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:06:22 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4B429E0F67 for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:06:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f181.google.com (mail-gx0-f181.google.com [209.85.161.181]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E67A5E0B3B for ; Thu, 29 Mar 2012 02:16:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ggni4 with SMTP id i4so1430966ggn.40 for ; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:16:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=/PDRQJgBKkXyA7PrE/HOfV4LPI0TmBXQ9rwPIv+Yu6U=; b=S+I3i9keZRe62f+QFg30BwbkJMIdfoWNIP9eAt/bsPBU36oiHjFPsF8TZgI9+LGTM5 JqxPqVs7uPXPNIUMjokxwJmJnx1+vYjdFK05s5tFtAzXuGcSw2LtyWHv4VhHi9J/gMzW NydGkhMszQXd1U5XiS54/ZdkWoYBiHteGPImNX4lFIlXhrT6PbSKLg6LU6qmaFUCpJFl 0VYSoq5PLZKFizorCiYZgLuv4kYfBqgVzb4AuRqhG6Zl3VR0Y2dPTg8WmAWlDu3p7WTe dTHamzLJZbf00SuIeNM9iGCkH7EHELTRLeqEBljkHdRqD6P86K+NHaqq6YZfqI+ZpfVV Cbog== Received: by 10.101.179.7 with SMTP id g7mr9849502anp.69.1332987393478; Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:16:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.5] (adsl-98-95-214-242.jan.bellsouth.net. [98.95.214.242]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id i4sm6311563anm.5.2012.03.28.19.16.31 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:16:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4F73C5FE.2020204@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:16:30 -0500 From: Dale User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120325 Firefox/11.0 SeaMonkey/2.8 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: After /usr conflation: why not copy booting software to /sbin rather than initramfs? References: <20120327133728.GA3754@acm.acm> <01c301cd0c22$2fac1300$8f043900$@kutulu.org> <20120327142646.GB3754@acm.acm> <20120327154620.21440f87@digimed.co.uk> <86iphq0vza.fsf@jane.chrekh.se> <003e01cd0c53$a2e99b90$e8bcd2b0$@kutulu.org> <20120327212422.GA3437@acm.acm> <20120327234819.45111444@khamul.example.com> <20120327223544.GC3437@acm.acm> <01bf01cd0c9a$a2259000$e670b000$@kutulu.org> <20120328084354.6304c3b3@hactar.digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120328084354.6304c3b3@hactar.digimed.co.uk> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 0836a145-e817-42fa-bfac-25391eee2dca X-Archives-Hash: 75866157d858c9836b7e287a009c1197 Neil Bothwick wrote: > It's not a blackbox, unlike a kernel or any other binary, it is a simple > cpio archive that you can unpack and inspect. If you want total control, > build your own, it is not rocket science. > > You sure about that? I have tried building one, then building it inside the kernel then using dracut. Still got issues. If not rocket science, what other degree does a person need? ROFL Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words! Miss the compile output? Hint: EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--quiet-build=n"