Re: Stuff from /bin, /sbin, /lib depending on /usr/lib libraries

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>]

On Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Ben Hutchings wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 22:25 -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> > On Thu, 30 Aug 2012, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> > > On Aug 30, Michael Biebl <biebl@debian.org> wrote:
> > > > The obvious way is to not use a separate /usr anymore or simply mount
> > > > /usr via the initramfs.
> > > > 
> > > > Wasn't there a patch for initramfs-tools floating around doing that?
> > > Yes, there is one but the maintainer has not applied or rejected it 
> > > so far.
> > > 
> > > Fellow developers, please do not waste your time moving stuff to /lib: 
> > > it's a task both endless and futile because nowadays it is clear that 
> > > the upstream maintainers of various stuff do not support a standalone 
> > > /usr mounted by the init scripts: if /usr is a standalone file system 
> > > then it must be mounted in the initramfs.
> > 
> > Yes, because after all, an outdated initramfs already craps all over your md
> > arrays and hoses the kernel and let's not even touch the root-on-lvm and
> > encrypted-root break-me-plenty scenarios.  Why not make sure it will also
> > break the world if you change /etc/fstab [and forget to update the
> > initramfs] ?
> [...]
> 
> I don't believe anyone proposed to copy /etc/fstab into the initramfs.
> We can just as well read it directly once we've mounted the 'real root'.

Hmm, indeed we can.  Don't I feel stupid right now...

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