From 639475dbfe1dbf26b9c04cf25f1027b0196b5194 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michał Górny Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2020 22:12:31 +0100 Subject: Separate /usr MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Signed-off-by: Michał Górny --- filesystem.rst | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) 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 -- cgit v1.2.3-65-gdbad