On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:18:52 +0100
Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:

> >>>>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2021, William Hubbs wrote:  
> 
> > /etc/localtime should definitely be a symlink to the proper file in
> > /usr/share/zoneinfo.  
> 
> > This works fine if /usr is on a separate partition *and* you are using
> > an initramfs. The only time it doesn't work is if /usr is separate
> > without using an initramfs.  
> 
> > Council decided years ago that we don't support separate /usr without
> > an initramfs, but we haven't completed that transition yet.  
> 
> Which doesn't imply that we deliberately break things.

How about making emerge --config dynamic, copying if it's on a
different partition and symlinking if it's not? You can't accurately
determine the use of an initramfs but at least this is closer to what
we want.

-- 
James Le Cuirot (chewi)
Gentoo Linux Developer

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