On Mon, 27 Nov 2023 16:58:39 +0100, Martin wrote in message
<2922203.e9J7NaK4W3@???>:

> Dan Purgert via Dng - 27.11.23, 16:58:22 CET:
> > As I understand things from Debian[1] (which is referencing Fedora /
> > systemd) -- "nothing" should really change / impact you, provided
> > your initrd mounts /usr and all before trying to launch the OS.
> >
> > Sources:
> > https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge
> > https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/
> >
> >
> > [1] "poorly" ;)
>
> Hmmm, interesting. If the Initial RAM Disk does the mounting, yes,
> why wouldn't it work? But what do I know anyway?

..an excellent reason to do our own initramfs etc tools.
Maybe extend ours with more tools?


..might also be a good idea to review our first discussion of
all these "upcoming" /usr merge "requirements" back in 2016:
On Fri, 01 Jan 2016 21:06:01 +1300, Daniel wrote in message
<56863369.5090600@???>:

> So the potteringisation continues...
>
> Are we going to allow this sort of behaviour into Devuan??
>
> Daniel
>
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: support for merged /usr in Debian
> Resent-Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:52:09 +0000 (UTC)
> Resent-From: debian-devel@???
> Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:51:45 +0100
> From: Marco d'Itri <md@???>
> To: debian-devel@???
>
> We have a reasonably tested usrmerge package which can be used to
> convert on the fly a system to merged /usr, and the good news is that
> there are only three packages which need to be fixed to work on a
> merged /usr system.
>
> Thanks to my conversion program in usrmerge there is no need for a
> flag day, archive rebuilds or similar complexity and we can even
> continue to support unmerged systems.
>
> I welcome your comments, but if you have any questions then please
> read the FAQ first:
> https://wiki.debian.org/UsrMerge
> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/users/md/usrmerge.git/plain/debian/README.Debian
>
> If you want to help then please have a look at the open bugs linked on
> wiki.d.o about lintian and policy work.
>

..thread overview:
https://lists.dyne.org/lurker/thread/20160101.134600.1b550a92.en.html#20160101.134600.1b550a92

..fun wee Norwegian lesson: English word "was" sounds exactly
like the Norwegian "vås" ("v<a-ring>s") which means _BS_ and
which fits this post's title, perfectly. XoD

--
..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen
...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry...
Scenarios always come in sets of three:
best case, worst case, and just in case.