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 C9B861381F3 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:32:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6E55BE0B9A; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:32:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a91.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6030BE0B74 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 11:32:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a91.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a91.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2026DAE069 for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:32:02 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=libertytrek.org; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s= libertytrek.org; bh=UunSJMbJ05LrJ3p//dn/OALJ9GA=; b=ye0pL+jgrLCd BheWTCAWNSgpgbpkO/lr8DPvP1VyjIv8NuvQF19BUABeCoB9vUsNZ68i9mrBkEV8 oKhWfIknk6Ywr8Cc88YlkHkyBBIWg2rZDXyUBGCIGA7h6SxbEHwxzKO5UVsQzNI5 G3ri5LKp4/5APosbfcnxSLzRyU8CBP0= Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [159.63.145.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: tanstaafl@libertytrek.org) by homiemail-a91.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id EEB2CAE05B for ; Sat, 28 Sep 2013 04:32:01 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5246BE35.3010408@libertytrek.org> Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2013 07:32:05 -0400 From: Tanstaafl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.0 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] separate / and /usr to require initramfs 2013-11-01 References: <20130927222109.GD23408@server> <5246079E.7090406@gmail.com> <20130927223916.GE23408@server> <52460D42.2080109@gmail.com> <52461056.9020604@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <52461056.9020604@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 21d35c18-fd28-4d51-ba02-3a21393822fb X-Archives-Hash: b9015e3446e9bd94cc6aa9b120693b97 On 2013-09-27 7:10 PM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > No really,*why exactly*? Because that was the RECOMMENDED WAY IN THE GENTOO HANDBOOK when I first set this system up many years ago. I have no philosophical reason reason to stick with it, only a (maybe irrational) fear of breaking things if I attempt to merge it back into /. This, combined with an intense (also maybe irrational) desire to avoid like the plague using an initramfs, is why this decision to FORCE me into a position of possibly having to break my system (either by a filed attempt at merging /usr into /, or a failed attampt at using an initramfs). I too sincerely hope eudev bypasses this issue. The main thing about this that pisses me off is the lack of enough warning... one month? Really? One month to compleyelt rebuild a seerver that has been running flawlessly for many years, just because someone doesn't like something that has been done for many years?