Re: [DNG] Merged usr consequences [Was: Upgrade problem]

2020-07-09 Thread Hendrik Boom
On Wed, Jul 08, 2020 at 09:01:14PM -0700, Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2020-07-07 12:20, Steve Litt wrote: > > > You need certain executables, pre-mount, before a separate /usr can be > > mounted. These went in /sbin, which is on the root and always > > available. If you could mount the root partitio

Re: [DNG] Merged usr consequences [Was: Upgrade problem]

2020-07-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 21:01:14 -0700 Ian Zimmerman wrote: > So maybe the real question is, in the merged world, do you have a > reason to insist on /usr being a mount point, other than tradition? Me personally? No. But there are a million different users and admins with a million different priori

Re: [DNG] OT: mpv drops GNOME support

2020-07-09 Thread Dimitris via Dng
On 7/8/20 9:57 PM, Jim Jackson wrote: > > https://linuxreviews.org/Mpv_drops_GNOME_support > the change was reverted, few hours later. (just read commit comments.. ) signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists

Re: [DNG] OT: mpv drops GNOME support

2020-07-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 19:57:37 +0100 (BST) Jim Jackson wrote: > https://linuxreviews.org/Mpv_drops_GNOME_support > > ... am I the only one to see similarities with the systemd situation? > And both out of the same stable! > > Jim Very, very nice. Very good news. SteveT Steve Litt May 2020 fea

Re: [DNG] Merged usr consequences [Was: Upgrade problem]

2020-07-09 Thread Steve Litt
On Wed, 8 Jul 2020 11:49:40 +0200 Didier Kryn wrote: >     The main reason for initramfs is, IMHO, for distros to provide > disk drivers and filesystems in the form of modules present in the > initramfs. They disapear after pivot-root so that only the necessary > ones remain in memory. > >