On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 05:33:02PM -0500, Dale wrote: > Bruce Hill wrote: > > mingdao@workstation ~ $ eselect news read > > 2013-09-27-initramfs-required > > Title Separate /usr on Linux requires initramfs > > Author William Hubbs <[email protected]> > > Posted 2013-09-27 > > Revision 1 > > > > Linux systems which have / and /usr on separate file systems but do not > > use an initramfs will not be supported starting on 01-Nov-2013. > > > > If you have / and /usr on separate file systems and you are not > > currently using an initramfs, you must set one up before this date. > > Otherwise, at some point on or after this date, upgrading packages > > will make your system unbootable. > > > > For more information on setting up an initramfs, see this URL: > > > > https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/HOWTO > > > > Due to many upstream changes, properly supporting Linux systems that > > have /usr missing at boot time has become increasingly difficult. > > Despite all our efforts, it already breaks in some exotic > > configurations, and this trend is likely to grow worse. > > > > For more information on the upstream changes and why using an initramfs > > is the cleanest route forward, see the following URLs: > > > > http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken > > https://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/01/the-boot-process > > > > > I'm hoping that since I use eudev, I don't have to worry about this. If > I do, this could get interesting, again. > > Dale
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