Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Hi KatolaZ, KatolaZ writes: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 09:14:06PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > > [cut] > >> >> # Those are a non-serious suggestion and a rethorical question, in case >> # that didn't come across. >> >> So, I'm against a *forced* /usr merge. I hope Debian does the right >>

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Hi Nik, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp writes: > Hi Olaf! > > Am Samstag, 17. November 2018 schrieb Olaf Meeuwissen: >> Hi Nik, >> >> Dr. Nikolaus Klepp writes: >> >> > [...] The initrams tool provide a handy way to inspect/modify/rebuild >> > initrd. But the debian documentation on how initrd works is

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread golinux
On 2018-11-17 21:36, Alessandro Selli wrote: On 18/11/18 at 02:01, goli...@dyne.org wrote: On 2018-11-17 17:26, Alessandro Selli wrote: On 17/11/18 at 21:35, goli...@dyne.org wrote: On 2018-11-17 14:08, Alessandro Selli wrote:   Devuan cannot forever be just a lifeboat.  Let's be a little

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 18/11/18 at 02:01, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2018-11-17 17:26, Alessandro Selli wrote: >> On 17/11/18 at 21:35, goli...@dyne.org wrote: >>> On 2018-11-17 14:08, Alessandro Selli wrote:   Devuan cannot forever be just a lifeboat.  Let's be a little ambitious!  Let's strive to

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread etech3
On 11/17/2018 08:43 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:53:59 -0500, etech3 wrote in message <5bf0aa17.9030...@e-tech-systems.com>: On 11/17/2018 06:26 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 12:32:59 +0100, Martin wrote in message <44080848.gBCAc932W8@merkaba>: Martin

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 02:28:25AM +0100, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 01:21:05 +0100, Miroslav wrote in message > <075cb09d-9f17-1610-ced5-7ad556f5e...@uns.ac.rs>: > > > On 11/17/18 3:18 PM, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > >     The advantage of separating /usr

Re: [DNG] ..we need to keep an eye out for such systemd tricks causing DOS, was: [FYI] Docker upgrade fails to restart daemon

2018-11-17 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Tue, 13 Nov 2018 03:05:52 +0100, Arnt wrote in message <20181113030552.5c11cc4c@d44>: > On Sat, 10 Nov 2018 00:30:13 +0100, Arnt wrote in message > <20181110003013.7da03e07@d44>: > > > On Fri, 9 Nov 2018 17:48:05 +0100, info wrote in message > > : > > > > > > Sounds like a bug, file a

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 18:53:59 -0500, etech3 wrote in message <5bf0aa17.9030...@e-tech-systems.com>: > On 11/17/2018 06:26 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > > On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 12:32:59 +0100, Martin wrote in message > > <44080848.gBCAc932W8@merkaba>: > > > >> Martin Steigerwald - 16.11.18, 16:04: >

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 01:21:05 +0100, Miroslav wrote in message <075cb09d-9f17-1610-ced5-7ad556f5e...@uns.ac.rs>: > On 11/17/18 3:18 PM, Didier Kryn wrote: > > > > > > > >     The advantage of separating /usr is it can be mounted after > > boot. /bin and /sbin (and /lib) contain the critical

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread golinux
On 2018-11-17 17:26, Alessandro Selli wrote: On 17/11/18 at 21:35, goli...@dyne.org wrote: On 2018-11-17 14:08, Alessandro Selli wrote:   Devuan cannot forever be just a lifeboat.  Let's be a little ambitious!  Let's strive to have Devuan have a life of it's own, not just being a lesser

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Miroslav Skoric
On 11/17/18 3:18 PM, Didier Kryn wrote:     The advantage of separating /usr is it can be mounted after boot. /bin and /sbin (and /lib) contain the critical applications (and library) necessary to boot the system, and they are, by necessity, part of the root filesystem. Merging /usr

Re: [DNG] Devuan on a librem5

2018-11-17 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 21:26:07 +, Daniel wrote in message <0ed76638-06d3-bf40-7485-38905d46d...@danielabrecht.ch>: > Hi everyone, > > I've taken a look at purisms' image-builder scripts, and then made my > own for the devkit based on them to get an overview of all the > components and how

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sun, Nov 18, 2018 at 12:22:18AM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: >   I'm well aware of the present limitations that make it impossible to > let Devuan be an indipendent distribution: too little manpower behind it > and too llittle corporate/VC support for it.  It could well be that > Devuan will

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread etech3
On 11/17/2018 06:26 PM, Arnt Karlsen wrote: On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 12:32:59 +0100, Martin wrote in message <44080848.gBCAc932W8@merkaba>: Martin Steigerwald - 16.11.18, 16:04: In any case: Regarding a decision I'd take the amount of effort into account which would be needed to divert from

Re: [DNG] Devuan on a librem5

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 17/11/18 at 22:26, Daniel Abrecht wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I've taken a look at purisms' image-builder scripts, and then made my > own for the devkit based on them to get an overview of all the > components and how things work together. I don't have a devkit yet, so > I don't have any idea if

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 12:32:59 +0100, Martin wrote in message <44080848.gBCAc932W8@merkaba>: > Martin Steigerwald - 16.11.18, 16:04: > > In any case: Regarding a decision I'd take the amount of effort into > > account which would be needed to divert from Debian's default. As > > long as Debian

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 17/11/18 at 21:35, goli...@dyne.org wrote: > On 2018-11-17 14:08, Alessandro Selli wrote: >> >>   Devuan cannot forever be just a lifeboat.  Let's be a little >> ambitious!  Let's strive to have Devuan have a life of it's own, not >> just >> being a lesser Debian. >> > > And just what will your

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 17/11/18 at 23:24, Simon Hobson wrote: > Alessandro Selli wrote: > >> If Devuan is going to have a brilliant future it is going to disenfranchise >> itself from Debian. Being forever a Debian without systemd will keep it in >> the backseat, vulnerable to all the odd decisions and arguable

[DNG] Jessie --> ascii issues

2018-11-17 Thread Andrew McGlashan
Hi, I've upgraded one of my servers from Devuan Jessie to Devuan ASCII and had some issues. First the initramfs failed to work properly as I have custom scripts for the setup, one of the scripts sets up a bunch of useful tools for the initramfs environment and that part was fine. But a

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Adam Borowski
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 11:22:59AM -1000, Joel Roth wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 02:20:30PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: > > I note without objection (but rather with active appreciation, on > > entertainment grounds) that every single one of your talking point so > > far -- including the one above

Re: [DNG] initramfs?

2018-11-17 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 11:23:04 +0100, Harald wrote in message : > Arnt Karlsen [11/17/18 12:58 AM]: > > > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 23:45:39 +0100, Harald wrote in message > > : > > > >> Hendrik Boom [11/16/18 7:08 PM]: > >> > >> > (2) What is initramfs good for? > >> > >> Early loading of

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 17/11/18 at 22:25, Rick Moen wrote: > Quoting Daniel Reurich:: > >> I don't want it. >> My view seems to coincide with Rich Moens. > I'm still curious who these Rich Moens are.   How many of you are there?  Aren't you rich?   -- Alessandro Selli VOIP SIP: dhatarat...@ekiga.net Chiave

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Sat, 17 Nov 2018 02:53:27 -0500, Steve wrote in message <20181117025327.5e5ba...@mydesk.domain.cxm>: > Now personally, my root partition is on an ssd, and it includes /usr > so all my /usr/bin, /usr/local/bin, etc, come straight off SSD at > lightning speed. I like it like that. But a lot of

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 17/11/18 at 22:22, Joel Roth wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 02:20:30PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: > >> I note without objection (but rather with active appreciation, on >> entertainment grounds) that every single one of your talking point so >> far -- including the one above -- appear to have

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Simon Hobson
Alessandro Selli wrote: > If Devuan is going to have a brilliant future it is going to disenfranchise > itself from Debian. Being forever a Debian without systemd will keep it in > the backseat, vulnerable to all the odd decisions and arguable development > directions that Devuan/FD are

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 17/11/18 at 15:56, Harald Arnesen wrote: > Alessandro Selli [11/17/18 1:48 PM]: >> Il 16/11/18 23:44, Harald Arnesen ha scritto: >>> Irrwahn [11/16/18 9:10 PM]: >>> On System V Release 4 and later /bin has already been a symlink to /usr/bin, and Solaris implemented the /usr merge

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Daniel Reurich:: > I don't want it. > My view seems to coincide with Rich Moens. I'm still curious who these Rich Moens are. Perhaps a clone conspiracy as in Orphan Black -- or a franchise like Dread Pirate Roberts[tm]? ;-> -- Cheers,"I never quarrel with a man who

[DNG] Devuan on a librem5

2018-11-17 Thread Daniel Abrecht
Hi everyone, I've taken a look at purisms' image-builder scripts, and then made my own for the devkit based on them to get an overview of all the components and how things work together. I don't have a devkit yet, so I don't have any idea if the images generated by my scripts will actually

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Joel Roth
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 02:20:30PM -0800, Rick Moen wrote: > I note without objection (but rather with active appreciation, on > entertainment grounds) that every single one of your talking point so > far -- including the one above -- appear to have been copied > near-verbatim from the pair of

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread golinux
On 2018-11-17 14:08, Alessandro Selli wrote:   Devuan cannot forever be just a lifeboat.  Let's be a little ambitious!  Let's strive to have Devuan have a life of it's own, not just being a lesser Debian. And just what will your contribution(s) be towards making that a reality (besides

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Alessandro Selli (alessandrose...@linux.com): >   I am one of those who can't do without initramfs because I mostly run > GNU/Linux on laptops and for obvious security reasons they all run on > fully encrypted filesystems, / included. True enough. One of several legitimate edge cases.

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il 16/11/18 16:46, Clarke Sideroad ha scritto: > On 2018-11-16 4:11 a.m., Daniel Reurich wrote: >> Hi Devuan followers, fans and friends, >> >> Debian as of the upcoming Buster release looks to be implementing a >> merged /usr by default.  At this stage there is no plan to make it >> forced...

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Rick Moen
Quoting Didier Kryn (k...@in2p3.fr): > If you want to boot directly to the disk, then don't use a distro. I very much do not concur. Since 1992 -- with a gap when I was lazy for a long time -- I've found it useful to construct bespoke kernels for my systems that compile inline the essential

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 08:31:33PM +0100, k...@aspodata.se wrote: > Daniel Reurich: > ... > > So... for Devuan, do we want to default to a merged /usr in our coming > > release of Beowulf or are we going to resist another pointless > > rearranging of the deck chairs... > > I don't want it. > My

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Hi Olaf! Am Samstag, 17. November 2018 schrieb Olaf Meeuwissen: > Hi Nik, > > Dr. Nikolaus Klepp writes: > > > [...] The initrams tool provide a handy way to inspect/modify/rebuild > > initrd. But the debian documentation on how initrd works is wrong: it > > assumes a one part archive (which is

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread karl
Didier: ... >     If you want to boot directly to the disk, then don't use a distro. ,,, I boot directly to disk, why shouldn't I use a distro ? I see no downside of using a distro, I just choose what parts I want to use. Regards, /Karl Hammar

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 01:43:14PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > >   A separate /usr might have been introduced for the silliest an maybe > even wrongest of the reasons, fact is that it turned out to be a very > good filesystem layout concept that introduced flexibility and the > possibility

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 02:02:17PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > > > Just like */bin and */sbin are useful to distinguish between programs > > intended for general use and system administration use, the distinction > > between / and /usr is useful to tell critical and non-critical programs >

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Harald Arnesen
Alessandro Selli [11/17/18 1:48 PM]: > > Il 16/11/18 23:44, Harald Arnesen ha scritto: >> Irrwahn [11/16/18 9:10 PM]: >> >>> On System V Release 4 and later /bin has already been a symlink to >>> /usr/bin, and Solaris implemented the /usr merge about a decade ago. >>> Effectively, only some

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 17/11/18 at 13:03, KatolaZ wrote: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:57:23PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: >> On 16/11/18 at 11:43, KatolaZ wrote: >>> On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:19:30AM +, Rowland Penny wrote: >>> >>> [cut] >>> So, after reading Steve's enlightening description, I am with

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 16/11/18 at 13:24, spiralofhope wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 04:10:17 -0800 > spiralofhope wrote: > >> I conclude this is a transitory step toward making this mandatory; >> something like propagating the idea to ease transitional pains. > Oh, and I suppose I could chime in on the notion of

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Didier Kryn
Le 16/11/2018 à 10:50, Rowland Penny a écrit : On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 22:11:17 +1300 Daniel Reurich wrote: Hi Devuan followers, fans and friends, Debian as of the upcoming Buster release looks to be implementing a merged /usr by default. At this stage there is no plan to make it forced... but

Re: [DNG] ..I too vote against "the merge"!, was: /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 16/11/18 at 23:48, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 05:11:01 -0500, Steve wrote in message > <20181116051101.4d06f...@mydesk.domain.cxm>: > >> I vote against "the merge". > ..I too vote against "the merge"! >   My vote is against a default merge.   As I am in favour of more, not

Re: [DNG] initramfs?

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 16/11/18 at 21:01, Simon Hobson wrote: > Hendrik Boom wrote: > >> (1) Is initramfs so weird that only one or two people in the world can make >> one? > **AT THE MOMENT** no it isn't. AIUI (and I stand to be corrected) it's simply > a CPIO archive that's been (optionally) compressed. So it

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 17/11/18 at 13:14, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Hi Katolaz, > > KatolaZ writes: > >> On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 11:45:03AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: >> >> [cut] >> >>> OK, before we continue with a flame about what is wrong and what is >>> right: it seems that the transition to the merged usr is *not* >>>

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Martin Steigerwald
KatolaZ - 17.11.18, 13:03: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:57:23PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > > On 16/11/18 at 11:43, KatolaZ wrote: > > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:19:30AM +, Rowland Penny wrote: > > > > > > [cut] > > > > > >> So, after reading Steve's enlightening description, I am

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
Il 16/11/18 23:44, Harald Arnesen ha scritto: > Irrwahn [11/16/18 9:10 PM]: > >> On System V Release 4 and later /bin has already been a symlink to >> /usr/bin, and Solaris implemented the /usr merge about a decade ago. >> Effectively, only some Unices and some Linux based distributions are >>

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 16/11/18 at 12:08, Irrwahn wrote: > Steve Litt wrote on 16.11.18 11:11: >> On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 22:11:17 +1300 >> Daniel Reurich wrote: > [...] >>> So... for Devuan, do we want to default to a merged /usr in our coming >>> release of Beowulf or are we going to resist another pointless >>>

Re: [DNG] initramfs?

2018-11-17 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Hi, Steve Litt writes: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:19:57 +0100 > Irrwahn wrote: > >> Hendrik Boom wrote on 16.11.18 19:08: >> [...] >> > (2) What is initramfs good for? Linux used to work just fine >> > without it. >> >> It's only needed if you have to do stuff before running the `real´ >> init

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 09:14:06PM +0900, Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: [cut] > > # Those are a non-serious suggestion and a rethorical question, in case > # that didn't come across. > > So, I'm against a *forced* /usr merge. I hope Debian does the right > thing but if necessary, I would like to see

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Hi Nik, Dr. Nikolaus Klepp writes: > [...] The initrams tool provide a handy way to inspect/modify/rebuild > initrd. But the debian documentation on how initrd works is wrong: it > assumes a one part archive (which is what you would expect), but in > fact it is a 2 part archive (first part

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Olaf Meeuwissen
Hi Katolaz, KatolaZ writes: > On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 11:45:03AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: > > [cut] > >> >> OK, before we continue with a flame about what is wrong and what is >> right: it seems that the transition to the merged usr is *not* >> mandatory so far, but it is actually performed at

Re: [DNG] initramfs?

2018-11-17 Thread karl
Steve Litt: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:01:30 + > Simon Hobson wrote: > > > (2) What is initramfs good for? Linux used to work just fine > > > without it. Still does. I guess initrd is good when you have unknown hardware, and thus good to use for a distribution. > > Yes, I remember the days

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 12:57:23PM +0100, Alessandro Selli wrote: > On 16/11/18 at 11:43, KatolaZ wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:19:30AM +, Rowland Penny wrote: > > > > [cut] > > > >> So, after reading Steve's enlightening description, I am with him, the > >> merge is only needed by

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Alessandro Selli
On 16/11/18 at 11:43, KatolaZ wrote: > On Fri, Nov 16, 2018 at 10:19:30AM +, Rowland Penny wrote: > > [cut] > >> So, after reading Steve's enlightening description, I am with him, the >> merge is only needed by systemd and seems to be a way of forcing it on >> everybody, so I am against it. >>

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Martin Steigerwald
Martin Steigerwald - 16.11.18, 16:04: > In any case: Regarding a decision I'd take the amount of effort into > account which would be needed to divert from Debian's default. As long > as Debian still supports the usr split, I bet that effort would be > minimal, but as soon as packages appear that

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread karl
Rich Moen: ... > Moreover, I'm > sufficiently unhappy with udev that I'm currently testing migration away > from it to reduce system complexity and protect security. mdev's > looking promising. (And no, I don't care if it's popular, as long as > it's popular with me.) ... I use a classic static

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 11:45:03AM +0100, KatolaZ wrote: [cut] > > OK, before we continue with a flame about what is wrong and what is > right: it seems that the transition to the merged usr is *not* > mandatory so far, but it is actually performed at install time. I am > currently trying to

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread KatolaZ
On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 03:20:15AM -0500, Steve Litt wrote: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:10:54 +0100 > Irrwahn wrote: > > > > The part about "acquire, monopolize and decompatablize the tools to > > create initramfs" is ridiculous, > > The preceding half sentence encapsulates the belief

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Dr. Nikolaus Klepp
Am Samstag, 17. November 2018 schrieb Steve Litt: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:10:54 +0100 > Irrwahn wrote: > [...] > > as an initrd is nothing more than an > > (optionally compressed) cpio archive, loaded by the Linux kernel > > itself. > > The preceding is exactly like saying, "as an init system

Re: [DNG] initramfs?

2018-11-17 Thread Harald Arnesen
Arnt Karlsen [11/17/18 12:58 AM]: > On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 23:45:39 +0100, Harald wrote in message > : > >> Hendrik Boom [11/16/18 7:08 PM]: >> >> > (2) What is initramfs good for? >> >> Early loading of CPU microcode update. > > > ..this is the only good reason for it? Not the only good

Re: [DNG] /usr to merge or not to merge... that is the question??

2018-11-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 21:10:54 +0100 Irrwahn wrote: > The part about "acquire, monopolize and decompatablize the tools to > create initramfs" is ridiculous, The preceding half sentence encapsulates the belief difference that causes our different stances on merging /sbin with anything else. PRF

Re: [DNG] initramfs?

2018-11-17 Thread Steve Litt
On Fri, 16 Nov 2018 20:01:30 + Simon Hobson wrote: > > (2) What is initramfs good for? Linux used to work just fine > > without it. > > Yes, I remember the days of having to have either a) a huge kernel > with everything including the kitchen sink linked in, or b) having to > relink the