On Tue, Jul 03, 2012 at 07:36:48PM +0200, Tom Gundersen wrote: > 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
As a (lazy) stop-gap measure, yes you probably could just move the module dir. I offer no warranty on this method, though. Testing on my side is going well so far... I've upgraded a bunch of VMs with both the -ARCH and -lts kernels and haven't run into any unforeseen problems yet. Working on modules in extra now... d
