All, here is my latest update, again based on feedback from the list.
It seems a bit long to me, but I'm not sure how to make it any shorter if we include the information about why this is happening. Thoughts? William
Title: Separate /usr on Linux requires initramfs Author: William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain Posted: 2013-09-27 Revision: 1 News-Item-Format: 1.0 Due to many upstream changes, properly supporting Linux systems that have /usr missing at boot time has become increasingly difficult. Despite all our efforts, it already breaks in some exotic configurations, and this is atrend likely to grow worse. Linux systems which have / and /usr on separate file systems but do not use an initramfs will not be supported starting on 01-Nov-2013. If you have / and /usr on separate file systems and you are not currently using an initramfs, you must set one up before this date. Otherwise, at some point on or after this date, upgrading packages will make your system unbootable. For more information on the upstream changes and why using an initramfs is the cleanest route forward, see the following URLs: http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken https://blog.flameeyes.eu/2013/01/the-boot-process For more information on setting up an initramfs, see this URL: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/HOWTO
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