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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] After /usr conflation: why not copy booting software to /sbin rather than initramfs?
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 07:38:56 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK2H+ecM=fyqa=SXs7CwuEouk1fQ+k=EY4hNaqXYAWBUX2tGXQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120327142646.GB3754@acm.acm>

On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 7:26 AM, Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 10:02:02AM -0400, Mike Edenfield wrote:
<SNIP>
>
>> There's nothing wrong with that, as long as you can ensure that any
>> hard-coded paths to those binaries are updated properly.
>
> Surely this is the same, whether one copies the booting software to
> initramfs or /sbin, isn't it?
>

If it's 'hard coded' then I think it's not the same. Imagine a text
script which specifically tries to find, say, '/usr/bin/ldd' as
opposed to 'ldd'. ldd isn't there any more so the script just fails.

Just a thought,
Mark



  reply	other threads:[~2012-03-27 14:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 99+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-03-27 13:37 [gentoo-user] After /usr conflation: why not copy booting software to /sbin rather than initramfs? Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-27 13:48 ` Michael Mol
2012-03-27 14:02 ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-27 14:19   ` Michael Mol
2012-03-27 14:26   ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-27 14:38     ` Mark Knecht [this message]
2012-03-27 14:46     ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 17:55       ` [gentoo-user] " che
2012-03-27 18:41         ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-28 18:43           ` che
2012-03-27 19:56         ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-27 21:24           ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-27 21:41             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 22:01               ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-27 22:39                 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-27 23:32                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-28  7:47                     ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 22:53                 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 21:48             ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-27 22:35               ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-27 22:54                 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-27 22:55                 ` Alan McKinnon
2012-03-28 14:01                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-28 14:56                     ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-28 17:07                       ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-28 17:40                         ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-28 21:47                         ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-28 22:45                           ` Peter Humphrey
2012-03-28 23:25                             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29  1:53                         ` Dale
2012-03-29  2:07                           ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-29  2:39                             ` Dale
2012-03-29  5:08                               ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-29 20:15                                 ` Dale
2012-03-29 20:53                                   ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-02  7:41                                     ` Dale
2012-04-02 13:33                                       ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-02 19:54                                         ` Dale
2012-04-02 20:28                                           ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-02 21:21                                             ` Dale
2012-04-02 21:37                                               ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-03  0:19                                                 ` Dale
2012-04-02 22:08                                       ` Neil Bothwick
2012-04-02 22:21                                         ` Dale
2012-04-02 22:41                                           ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-03  0:19                                             ` Dale
2012-04-03  0:35                                               ` Pandu Poluan
2012-04-03  1:03                                                 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-03  1:29                                                   ` Dale
2012-04-03  1:01                                               ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-03  1:19                                                 ` Dale
2012-04-03  2:08                                                   ` Dale
     [not found]                                                     ` <CADPrc81Q6Tmzpg0p7cbOYr8iXQFO_L4QGKid=LGZPXLB1dt5Xw@mail.gmail .com>
2012-04-03  2:43                                                     ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-03  3:12                                                       ` Dale
2012-04-03  5:32                                                         ` Dale
2012-04-03 12:46                                                         ` Mike Edenfield
2012-04-03 13:21                                                           ` Dale
2012-04-03 17:48                                                             ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-04  0:02                                                               ` Dale
2012-04-04  1:59                                                                 ` William Kenworthy
2012-04-04  2:55                                                                   ` Dale
2012-04-04  3:12                                                                     ` Dale
2012-04-04  3:19                                                                       ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-04  7:48                                                                         ` Dale
2012-04-04  9:05                                                                           ` Dale
2012-04-04  9:22                                                                             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-04-04  9:54                                                                               ` Dale
2012-04-04 11:22                                                                                 ` Neil Bothwick
2012-04-04 23:37                                                                                   ` Dale
2012-04-04 17:23                                                                                 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-04-04 23:35                                                                                   ` Neil Bothwick
2012-04-04 23:39                                                                                   ` Dale
2012-03-29 21:11                                   ` Todd Goodman
2012-03-29 21:32                                     ` Dale
2012-03-30 13:48                                       ` Todd Goodman
2012-03-29 21:52                                   ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-28  4:24                 ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-28  4:55                   ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2012-03-28 17:27                     ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-28  6:17                   ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-28  6:19                     ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-28  7:43                     ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29  2:16                       ` Dale
2012-03-29  8:52                         ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-28 17:36                     ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-29 15:56                   ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-29 16:35                     ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29 17:13                       ` Michael Mol
2012-03-29 18:11                         ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29 18:35                           ` Michael Mol
2012-03-30  0:04                             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-30  2:10                               ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-30  3:17                                 ` Pandu Poluan
2012-03-30  0:10                             ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29 17:29                       ` Alan Mackenzie
2012-03-29 18:04                         ` Neil Bothwick
2012-03-29 18:10                     ` Mike Edenfield
2012-03-28 19:14           ` che
2012-03-27 15:30     ` [gentoo-user] " Mike Edenfield

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