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| author |   Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> | 2020-01-09 22:12:31 +0100 |
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| committer | Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> | 2020-01-09 22:12:31 +0100 |
| commit | 639475dbfe1dbf26b9c04cf25f1027b0196b5194 (patch) | |
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Separate /usr
Signed-off-by: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org>
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diff --git a/filesystem.rst b/filesystem.rst index b0a686e..9173042 100644 --- a/filesystem.rst +++ b/filesystem.rst @@ -56,6 +56,25 @@ exceptions are: .. TODO:: rationale +.. index:: file system; separate /usr + +Support for separate /usr +------------------------- +:Source: QA +:Reference: https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20130813-summary.txt + https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20130924-summary.txt +:Reported: no + +Developers are not required to support using separate /usr filesystem +without an initramfs. + +*Rationale*: upstream software (as of 2013) is already making support +for early boot without /usr mounted difficult, and whenever it is still +works, it is either subtly broken or relying on hacks (udev). In setups +using initramfs, some of the boot and repair functionality can be moved +from rootfs to initramfs. + + .. index:: file system; multilib-strict Strict multilib layout |