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diff --git a/2024-01-05-usr-initramfs/2024-01-05-usr-initramfs.en.txt b/2024-01-05-usr-initramfs/2024-01-05-usr-initramfs.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c54d978 --- /dev/null +++ b/2024-01-05-usr-initramfs/2024-01-05-usr-initramfs.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +Title: Separate /usr now requires an initramfs +Author: Eli Schwartz <eschwartz93@gmail.com> +Posted: 2024-01-05 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Installed: sys-apps/baselayout[split-usr] + +Systems which have /usr and / on separate filesystems have always required a +dedicated initramfs to bring up both partitions. Systems where both /usr and / +are on the same filesystem may use an initramfs if they wish, or choose not +to. + +Historically, Gentoo has tried to make the separate filesystems use case work +anyway. Despite all our efforts, it is broken and continues to get more broken +under various configurations. The only workable solution is to support +separate /usr but only when an initramfs is present. For more details on why +this is broken, see: + +- https://bugs.gentoo.org/868306#c10 +- https://bugs.gentoo.org/902829 +- http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken +- https://bugs.gentoo.org/915379 +- https://github.com/trofi/nix-guix-gentoo/commit/43d84cc00af530ef912d9c98448b64d6b5282907 +- https://github.com/trofi/nix-guix-gentoo/commit/8f194519982fbfabb6b3ca84c0806b1a379b5d06 +- https://bugs.gentoo.org/825078 + +In 2013, Gentoo policy determined that separate /usr without an initramfs was +officially no longer supported: + +- https://projects.gentoo.org/qa/policy-guide/filesystem.html#pg0202 +- https://gitweb.gentoo.org/data/gentoo-news.git/tree/2013/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/2013-09-27-initramfs-required.en.txt?id=a79dd69b0cca439bc0c483c9193c79e0554819d0 + +11 years later, the support is being withdrawn. On 2024-02-05, we plan to +begin work on decommissioning existing workarounds and will not accept any +more. + +User Action Required +==================== + +If you have separate /usr and are not currently using an initramfs, you have +until 2024-02-05 to set up an initramfs. If you do not, then at some point on +or after this date, routine system upgrades will leave your system unbootable. + +For details on setting up an initramfs, see: + +https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/Guide |