On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:58 PM, David W Noon <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, 2 Dec 2011 08:55:35 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote about Re: > [gentoo-user] Re: Full disk encryption: > >> On Dec 1, 2011 3:32 AM, "David W Noon" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > I have a working initramfs layout, but currently it is too large >> > (>32MiB) for my /boot partition. The problem package is e2fsprogs, >> > as it requires dynamic linkage and, consequently, a full-sized >> > glibc. This sucks, so I need to patch the Makefile(s) to build a >> > more sensible set of executables for an initramfs. > [snip] >> You know, Debian has an e2fsck-static package. Why don't Gentoo, I >> wonder... >> >> That said, you *can* have an "almost-static" e2fsck if you compile it >> yourself. > > Clearly you have not tried this yourself. [I have.] > > The reason modern e2fsprogs no longer have the static option is that > the Makefile logic has long been neglected for the static modules and > they no longer build correctly to produce e2fsck.static. I am > currently (on and off) building a patched Makefile to correct this, but > the build is so convoluted that it is something of a chore.
I like Gentoo because I'm a perpetual edge case. This and mdev makes two edge-case things you're tackling in your spare time that I know of...Drop me a line if you're ever in the vicinity of Grand Rapids, MI. I'll buy you a beer. -- :wq
