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 25B36138010 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:06:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BE1BD21C020; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:06:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.49.97]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46363E0738 for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 19:04:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ajglap.localdomain (ool-182de1a5.dyn.optonline.net [24.45.225.165]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.14.3/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q7KJ43Nr022489 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:04:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ajglap.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id 0FB887008E; Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:01:38 -0400 (EDT) From: Allan Gottlieb To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] /usr/tmp -> /var/tmp a problem with new udev? References: Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:01:37 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Doug Hunley's message of "Mon, 20 Aug 2012 12:51:51 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.2 (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 X-Archives-Salt: 6d83c27d-a130-4d63-95de-368bdd756da2 X-Archives-Hash: e1c4491b0e8f82902c3087773f9fdfa6 On Mon, Aug 20 2012, Doug Hunley wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 8:47 AM, Allan Gottlieb wrote: >> I realize that new udev without dracut wants /usr part of root >> filesystem. >> >> The last few gentoo installations I have done all had >> /usr/tmp symlinked to /var/tmp and I don't believe I did this symlink >> manually. >> >> Will this be a problem with new udev and no dracut or are the programs >> that must run early trained not to use /usr/tmp? >> >> thanks, >> allan >> > I have this symlink on a new ~amd64 install without a separate /usr > and the latest udev and have no issues at all. I don't use a initramfs > or anything on this install either. fwiw Thank you, that is what I wanted to hear. I assume you don't run dracut either. allan (PS top-posting is discouraged on this group)