Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-09-25 Thread Ben Hutchings
On Thu, 2014-09-25 at 12:22 +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > No "Hi" at the begin as it seems to be not common sense anymore to > greet before answering. > > Am Do den 2. Jan 2014 um 13:46 schrieb Roger Leigh: > > > This will prevent from using /usr via NFS or having a /usr md device or > > > having

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-09-25 Thread Klaus Ethgen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 No "Hi" at the begin as it seems to be not common sense anymore to greet before answering. Am Do den 2. Jan 2014 um 13:46 schrieb Roger Leigh: > > This will prevent from using /usr via NFS or having a /usr md device or > > having /usr on LVM (Not s

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-08-31 Thread maximilian attems
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 02:06:46AM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > * Roger Leigh [Sat Aug 30, 2014 at 11:19:42PM +0100]: > > On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 12:13:29AM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > > > * Michael Prokop [Thu Jul 31, 2014 at 05:30:53PM +0200]: > > > > > I've rebased the patchset against cur

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-08-30 Thread Michael Prokop
* Roger Leigh [Sat Aug 30, 2014 at 11:19:42PM +0100]: > On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 12:13:29AM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > > * Michael Prokop [Thu Jul 31, 2014 at 05:30:53PM +0200]: > > > I've rebased the patchset against current git master and a > > > preliminary and *untested*(!) package is avail

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-08-30 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 12:13:29AM +0200, Michael Prokop wrote: > Hi everyone, > > (if you don't want to get Cc-ed any longer please let me know, just > trying to involve everyone and get some traction) > > * Michael Prokop [Thu Jul 31, 2014 at 05:30:53PM +0200]: > > * Matthew Gabeler-Lee [Thu Ju

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-08-30 Thread Michael Prokop
Hi everyone, (if you don't want to get Cc-ed any longer please let me know, just trying to involve everyone and get some traction) * Michael Prokop [Thu Jul 31, 2014 at 05:30:53PM +0200]: > * Matthew Gabeler-Lee [Thu Jul 31, 2014 at 10:29:18AM -0400]: > > Recent package upgrades have made it all

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-08-05 Thread Simon McVittie
On Thu, 31 Jul 2014 at 21:45:56 -0400, Matthew Gabeler-Lee wrote: > A clarification question: I see just the initramfs-tools package there. Past > discussion on this ticket indicated that updates to sysvinit and util-linux > were necessary too. A quick look suggests that's still the case. Are the

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-07-31 Thread Matthew Gabeler-Lee
On Thu, 31 Jul 2014, Michael Prokop wrote: I've rebased the patchset against current git master and a preliminary and *untested*(!) package is available at: https://people.debian.org/~mika/initramfs-tools/ Feedback definitely welcome and required. Thank you :) I setup a VM today that appro

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-07-31 Thread Michael Prokop
[Cc-ing Roger as the author of the patchset and Marco who pinged me on IRC] * Matthew Gabeler-Lee [Thu Jul 31, 2014 at 10:29:18AM -0400]: > Recent package upgrades have made it all but impossible for a Debian > install supporting a graphical desktop environment not to use > systemd. This quietly

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-07-31 Thread Matthew Gabeler-Lee
Recent package upgrades have made it all but impossible for a Debian install supporting a graphical desktop environment not to use systemd. This quietly caused a system of mine to get switched from sysvinit to systemd, and thus no longer boot properly because of this issue (among others, but th

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-07-21 Thread Marco d'Itri
Are there any news? Do you need help with this? -- ciao, Marco signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-06-21 Thread TRACY, ROBERT C CTR USAF AFSPC 90 IOS/DOP
Where are we as far as releasing something in "experimental" or "unstable" to address this? Debian's decision to go with "systemd" in the upcoming release (jessie) should rightfully increase the sense of urgency a bit. I run on an Alpha PWS 433au, which means I run "sid" if I want to run anythi

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-01-02 Thread Roger Leigh
On Wed, Jan 01, 2014 at 11:19:26PM +0100, Klaus Ethgen wrote: > Am Di den 23. Jul 2013 um 18:48 schrieb Michael Prokop: > > Does anyone have any objections against the current implementation > > of #652459 to support mounting of /usr in the initramfs? > > Yes, I have. Sorry about. > > This will p

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-01-01 Thread Marco d'Itri
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Jan 01, Klaus Ethgen wrote: What is being discussed in this bug is not if /usr should be mounted in the initramfs or not. This is a widely accepted design. The purpose of this bug is to implement it in the best way. > This will prevent from usi

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2014-01-01 Thread Klaus Ethgen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi, I just stumpled over this one. Am Di den 23. Jul 2013 um 18:48 schrieb Michael Prokop: > Does anyone have any objections against the current implementation > of #652459 to support mounting of /usr in the initramfs? Yes, I have. Sorry about. T

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2013-07-23 Thread maximilian attems
On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 10:09:38PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > On 23/07/13 18:48, Michael Prokop wrote: > >[Cc-ing everyone who was involved in discussing #652459] > > (Also copying Adam Conrad and Steve Langasek.) > > >* Roger Leigh [Sun May 12, 2013 at 06:53:11PM +0100]: > > > >>And one final p

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2013-07-23 Thread Roger Leigh
On 23/07/13 18:48, Michael Prokop wrote: [Cc-ing everyone who was involved in discussing #652459] (Also copying Adam Conrad and Steve Langasek.) * Roger Leigh [Sun May 12, 2013 at 06:53:11PM +0100]: And one final patch to use panic rather than sulogin on fsck failure. Thanks for all your

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2013-07-23 Thread Michael Prokop
[Cc-ing everyone who was involved in discussing #652459] * Roger Leigh [Sun May 12, 2013 at 06:53:11PM +0100]: > And one final patch to use panic rather than sulogin on fsck failure. Thanks for all your patches, I've applied them on top of current master (and edited debian/changelog on my own, b

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2013-05-12 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 06:24:55PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:31:38AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 08:02:36PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > > > With all the patches applied, /usr will be automatically mounted if > > > it is present in the /etc/fsta

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2013-05-12 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 12:31:38AM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 08:02:36PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > > With all the patches applied, /usr will be automatically mounted if > > it is present in the /etc/fstab on the rootfs. This works for both > > local and nfs. I've not te

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2013-05-11 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 08:02:36PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > With all the patches applied, /usr will be automatically mounted if > it is present in the /etc/fstab on the rootfs. This works for both > local and nfs. I've not tested LVM, but standard UUIDs work fine. > You can also mount /etc so

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2013-05-11 Thread Roger Leigh
On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 04:15:41PM +, Roger Leigh wrote: > On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 03:38:20AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > > On Dec 17, Roger Leigh wrote: > > > > > 1) Generation of /etc/fstab in the initramfs, including the rootfs > > >and all the filesystems desired to be mounted > > Th

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2013-05-11 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 08:02:36PM +0100, Roger Leigh wrote: > I have worked on improving my original patchset over the last couple > of weeks. This completely generalises the boot logic so that you > can now mount arbitrary filesystems in the initramfs. It's all > split up into discrete logical

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2012-06-29 Thread Michael Biebl
Hi maks, is there any progress on this issue? Seeing that you haven't replied so far makes me wonder if you generally reject this idea or if it is just lack of time. Would be nice if you can comment on this bug report so we can find a solution. Cheers, Michael -- Why is it that all of the instr

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2011-12-28 Thread Roger Leigh
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 03:38:20AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote: > On Dec 17, Roger Leigh wrote: > > > 1) Generation of /etc/fstab in the initramfs, including the rootfs > >and all the filesystems desired to be mounted > This is highly suboptimal, because it suddenly makes the initramfs not > ge

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2011-12-17 Thread Marco d'Itri
On Dec 17, Roger Leigh wrote: > 1) Generation of /etc/fstab in the initramfs, including the rootfs >and all the filesystems desired to be mounted This is highly suboptimal, because it suddenly makes the initramfs not generic anymore. The initramfs should: - mount / as usual - look at the root

Bug#652459: initramfs-tools: [patch] Please support mounting of /usr in the initramfs

2011-12-17 Thread Roger Leigh
Package: initramfs-tools Version: 0.99 Severity: normal Tags: patch Hi, In order to make the libraries and binaries in /usr available during early boot, it would be desirable to be able to mount /usr in addition to the rootfs inside the initramfs. This patch implements a generic solution into tw