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| author |   William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> | 2013-09-27 10:21:30 -0500 |
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| committer | William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> | 2013-09-27 10:21:30 -0500 |
| commit | a79dd69b0cca439bc0c483c9193c79e0554819d0 (patch) | |
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add newsitem about initramfs requirement
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diff --git a/2013/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/2013-09-27-initramfs-required.en.txt b/2013/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/2013-09-27-initramfs-required.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4f382a7 --- /dev/null +++ b/2013/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/2013-09-27-initramfs-required.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +Title: Separate /usr on Linux requires initramfs +Author: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> +Content-Type: text/plain +Posted: 2013-09-27 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 1.0 + +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 diff --git a/2013/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/2013-09-27-initramfs-required.en.txt.asc b/2013/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/2013-09-27-initramfs-required.en.txt.asc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..91b4564 --- /dev/null +++ b/2013/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/2013-09-27-initramfs-required.en.txt.asc @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- +Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) + +iEYEABECAAYFAlJE6s0ACgkQblQW9DDEZTh/NwCgnCgm1TzkYvnFjDHCshEizug7 +F9oAnRRaHINrygIfRkCFEAmZrxiWYaFL +=U3tK +-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |