Mark Knecht wrote: > On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 8:29 AM, Dale <[email protected]> wrote: >> That's all true, hence my question. I'm not sure I want to use the very >> first version so I thought it worth asking first. Since it is a fork, >> one could think it would be safe enough but then again, it is the very >> first one. It is stable according to that but is it really? >> > But portage isn't telling you to use it. It's a decision you're taking > in reaction to how your machine is configured, correct? I think the > reason I'm not understanding even asking the question is that portage > hasn't _told_ you that you need to use it. I may well be wrong but > aren't you a stable user? Or are you running bleeding edge? > > It's likely to be 6 months and probably far longer before there's any > push from portage to tell us switch to eudev, if ever. > > I guess the other question that's lurking here for me is why do you > have /usr on a separate partition? What's the usage model that drives > a person to do that? The most I've ever done is move /usr/portage and > /usr/src to other places. My /usr never has all that much in it beyond > those two directories, along with maybe /usr/share. Would it not be > easier for you in the long run to move /usr back to / and not have to > deal with this question at all? > > Just my 2 questioning cents, > Mark > >
Portage doesn't tell me to use a lot of things but I do because it makes things easier for me. I don't always wait for portage to tell me something is about to break before I try to switch. It's just like the init thingy. Right now, I'm not required to use it but I do because when the newer udev comes along, I would then be forced too. I didn't want to wait until the last minute then have to scramble around to get my ducks in a row. Sort of learning to prepare better to avoid problems. I have / and /boot on regular partitions but everything else is on LVM including /usr. I got tired of having to move things around for space issues. So, I switched to LVM but not to the point where I needed a init thingy. THAT I wanted to avoid and was until udev threw a wrench into the works. As long as we stick with the current udev I should be fine. If they start moving up to the newer ones tho, I'll be looking into what to do. I'm hoping to switch to eudev and that cure my issues. Dale :-) :-) -- I am only responsible for what I said ... Not for what you understood or how you interpreted my words!
