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 3BAA81381F3 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:23:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ACAEDE0C0A; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:23:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-in-02.arcor-online.net (mail-in-02.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 482B5E0AE5 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 19:23:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-in-03-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-03-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.15]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28B603012A for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:22:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (mail-in-03.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.43]) by mail-in-03-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A3BD1F600C for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:22:59 +0200 (CEST) X-Greylist: Passed host: 88.73.66.194 X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-03.arcor-online.net 17B38D7D77 Received: from arran.eder.local (dslb-088-073-066-194.pools.arcor-ip.net [88.73.66.194]) by mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 17B38D7D77 for ; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:22:59 +0200 (CEST) Received: from are by arran.eder.local with local (Exim 4.80.1) (envelope-from ) id 1VAm5S-0007yH-AP for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:22:58 +0200 From: Andreas Eder To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: Optional /usr merge in Gentoo References: <520A5446.1050001@mail.ru> <520DA782.4050803@sporkbox.us> <520F14B2.9080500@sporkbox.us> <20130817083653.GA23823@gentoocompn.netbynet.ru> Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 21:22:58 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20130817083653.GA23823@gentoocompn.netbynet.ru> (the guard's message of "Sat, 17 Aug 2013 12:36:53 +0400") Message-ID: <87li40jf59.fsf@eder.homelinux.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) 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 Sender: X-Archives-Salt: a576585b-7ce4-4d28-8f27-95ba8ab1afd2 X-Archives-Hash: bf3fe903b047b54de499581b8e419df1 On 17 Aug 2013, the guard wrote: > > But requiring people to have an initramfs to boot a system > > that doesn't legitimately require it is silly. I don't even > > have /usr mounted separately, but there are many, many > > different system configurations out there and Gentoo is famous > > for supporting a wide variety. That variety is stomped on if > > something like a /usr merge is forced. It also makes building > > your default environment more complicated due to generating an > > initramfs. > > Absolutely agreed. Might be a good time to switch to freebsd :-( -- ceterum censeo redmondinem esse delendam.