On Sat, 11 Feb 2017 18:30:52 +0100 Paul Slootman <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: procps
> Version: 2:3.3.12-3
> Severity: normal
> 
> I just wasted a lot of time figuring out why my newly upgraded-to-testing
> failed to boot, not assembling my md raid, not detecting my lvm devices,
> not starting my crypted disks.
> 
> It boiled down to the udev init.d script using 'ps' to determine whether
> containers are supported (using a dubious test IMHO but that's beside
> the point). That failed due to ps not being able to run, so udev wasn't
> started.
> 
> I've checked on another system and the ps in procps 2:3.3.9-9 doesn't
> try to load liblz4.so. I fail to understand why ps would need any
> compression...
> 
> Please revert to not using libs from /usr, otherwise /bin/ps might
> as well move to /usr/bin/ps.
> 
> 
> [...]

Hi Paul,

NB: Not the maintainer of procps / Please CC me on replies if you want
my answer.

Debian stretch will not support "late mounting" of /usr.  This was
documented in the [release-notes] (requested in #830829).

Thanks,
~Niels


[release-notes]:
https://www.debian.org/releases/stretch/amd64/release-notes/ch-information.en.html#late-mounting-usr

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