[Mageia-dev] Separate /usr issues: Some adjustments needed

Sat Apr 28 16:07:19 CEST 2012

'Twas brillig, and Thomas Backlund at 28/04/12 13:31 did gyre and gimble:
+> 28.04.2012 15:22, Colin Guthrie skrev:
+>> Hi,
+>>
+>> OK, I'm just doing final (hopefully!) testing of various setups.
+>>
+>> Here are some changes I think we need to make:
+>>
+>> 1. ncurses: Move /usr/lib64/libncursesw.so.5 to /lib64 (there is a bug
+>> report open about this but I kinda forgot about it until now :s)
+>>
+>> 2. xz: Move /usr/lib64/liblzma.so.5 to /lib64 (systemctl needs it -
+>> after doing a urpmi upgrade with a separate /usr, calling reboot via
+>> it's systemctl symlink is the only way to reboot the machine, but it
+>> fails after /usr is unmounted due to this.
+>>
+>> 3. kmod: Move to /lib64 and /bin - When booting under sysvinit it is
+>> impossible to mount /usr if the module is not loaded in the initrd -
+>> e.g. if I have /usr on btrfs, I cannot modprobe the btrfs module to
+>> mount it.
+>>
+>>
+>> Any objections/problems with these suggestions?
+>>
+> 
+> Nope.
+> 
+> This is what we always have been doing for earlier releases too
+> 
+> If we cant guarantee /usr is available we stuff it on /
+
+OK, this should be fixed now. Please let me know if anyone notices any
+negative fallout (shouldn't be, but please keep eyes open all the same)
+
+Col
+
+
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