On Jul 3, 2012 5:41 PM, "Dave Reisner" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey all, > > *** If you use a custom kernel, this will affect you. Please read the > big scary note at the end *** > > I'm taking today to work on the last roadblock before Allan can move > glibc out of /lib. This basically consists of a rebuild of: > > - kmod (to drop our local patch) > - linux, linux-lts (diff for linux here: http://paste.xinu.at/LLd/) > - all OOT kernel modules (for /usr/lib/modules/extramodules-*) > - bash-completion (temp patch until /lib is a symlink: http://paste.xinu.at/xEs/) > > I'll be doing this all locally to avoid building against allan's new > toolchain in [staging]. This will hopefully all hit [testing] by the > end of the day. You know where to find me if you have any questions or > angry rants. > > If you'd like to do some early testing, I'm leaving the rebuilt kmod and > kernel packages on gerolde: > > http://dev.archlinux.org/~dreisner/linux-usrmove/ > > (i686 packages are lagging behind at the moment) > > BIG SCARY NOTE: Due to the kmod changes, this will BREAK all module > tools for users with their own kernels. If you do not rebuild your > kernel after pulling in the new kmod, you're going to have a bad time. > See the paste link above for inspiration.
Is a rebuild really necessary? I thought all that was needed was to move the modules from / to /usr? Thanks for picking this up! I'll help out with testing in a couple of hours. Tom
