On Wed, Nov 28, 2018 at 02:25:20AM -0800, Rick Moen wrote:
> Quoting Didier Kryn (kryn@???):
>
> > Le 28/11/2018 à 08:11, Rick Moen a écrit :
> > >If I were relying on NFS during early boot, I'd file a bug against package
> > >nfs-common, and also, meanwhile, compile a local-package substitute with
> > >either static binaries or ones linked to libs in /lib (and provide those).
> >
> > Debian supports diskless hosts mounting an NFS filesystem on /.
>
> Of course yes. _But_, what I was commenting on was the dependency on
> /usr for the NFS mounting utility in /sbin. That means -- KatolaZ's
> point -- that /sbin/mount.nfs will not function in the absence of /usr.
> My answer to KatolaZ amounted to: Yes, and that's a bug. I would, if I
> needed that during early boot (e.g., during maintenance operation, thus
> needing to be functional even if /usr cannot be mounted), then I would
> file a bug against mount.nfs and, while awaiting attention to the bug,
> compile a local replacement.

Or you can tinker with the initscripts. Or you can also use another
distribution. Or Linux From Scratch. Or whatever you like :) We all
could do that, and let Debian/Devuan go to hell. My computing would
actually be just fine with OpenBSD...

Unfortunately, most of this thread has been just about "oh look how
cool MY setup is, oh I went around that, oh I tried this and that, oh
I want to have /var on a tmpfs, oh I mount /usr over NFS and you
should try it as well..." and so on and so forth.

IMHO, this is mostly out of scope, and does not help Devuan improving
by a single bit. I understand it's hard to appreciate for most of us,
but putting together a distro is not about catering for the needs of
just one user: there is an entire world of possibilities outside :)

My2Cents

KatolaZ

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