[Mageia-dev] ANNOUNCE: The /usr move cometh! <---- Instructions

Mon Jul 30 18:13:21 CEST 2012

I realized /usr move now, and my computer is all ok for now.
+Thanks mages,
+
+2012/7/30 andre999 <andre999mga at laposte.net>:
+> Colin Guthrie a écrit :
+>
+>> OK, so the packages have now all been uploaded.
+>>
+>> You should see several packages now that you cannot install on Cauldron.
+>> This is intended behaviour.
+>>
+>> Here is how to update your cauldron systems:
+>>
+>>   1. Run "urpmi --auto-update" install everything that can be installed.
+>>   2. Ensure that latest dracut is installed. Run "urpmi dracut" to make
+>> sure (it may have been excluded in the --auto-update if it was in a
+>> transaction with other packages that could not be installed).
+>>   3. Ensure that you do not have zapata or dpkg installed (rpm -e zapata;
+>> rpm -e dpkg)
+>>   4. Generate a new initrd and include the conversion script: dracut -f
+>> -a convertfs
+>>   5. If you have /usr on a separate partition
+>>       - Ensure there is enough free space to hold /bin, /sbin, /lib and
+>> /lib64 content.
+>>       - If your /usr is mounted readonly, change your /etc/fstab to mount
+>> it rw.
+>>
+>
+>
+> Just a random thought.
+> Is there an easy way to make /bin, /sbin, /lib or /lib64
+> relocatable in any packages that use them to usr/*,
+> when a certain flag is set ? (say a certain file in /)
+>
+> Then when the appropriate conditions are met,
+> such as /usr on / or dracut installed and /usr with rw permissions, we could
+> set the flag, and then after progressively migrate the various files.
+> In this transition we would probably have to put syslinks in the old
+> locations, etc.
+>
+> If this works, maybe we could convert many mga2 systems before mga3 release,
+> to minimise any problems ?
+>
+> Haven't really thought this through, and I haven't been following this in
+> detail, just something that occured to me.
+>
+>
+>> All the best and good luck!!!
+>>
+>> Col
+>>
+>>
+>
+> Regards :)
+>
+> --
+> André
+>
+
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+
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+Filipe Saraiva
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