Hi Adrian, Quoting the page you linked to:
> This section only applies to systems using a custom kernel, where /usr is on > a separate mount point from /. If you use the kernel packages provided by > Debian, you are unaffected by this issue. >From what I can tell in this text, keeping /usr on a separate mount point _is_ indeed supported (as long as you are using a stock kernel and a proper initramfs generator) - and as noted in my followup email, installing Buster on a /usr volume works fine. Also, the Debian installer provides /usr as an option when partitioning your disk. If indeed maintaining /usr on a separate partition is completely unsupported (which you indicate), it should be removed from debian-installer; we shouldn't be suggesting broken scenarios to our users. Copying in the debian-boot mailing list to get your perspective on the matter. I personally don't think we are ready for closing the bug just yet, but it could very well be that it should be moved to liblz4-1 instead of lvm2. On Sun, Dec 9, 2018 at 11:51 AM Adrian Bunk <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 07, 2018 at 04:52:29PM +0200, Per Lundberg wrote: > >... > > I briefly looked in the FHS to see if this was stated there, but > > couldn't find it. Anyway, it seems reasonable that /bin and /sbin depend > > on libraries below /lib *only*, so that /usr can be kept on a separate > > volume. > >... > > This is no longer supported in Debian since stretch: > https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#late-mounting-usr > > > Best regards, > > Per > > cu > Adrian > > -- > > "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out > of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. > "Only a promise," Lao Er said. > Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed >
