On Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:18:52 +0100 Ulrich Mueller <u...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> >>>>> On Sat, 20 Mar 2021, William Hubbs wrote: > > > /etc/localtime should definitely be a symlink to the proper file in > > /usr/share/zoneinfo. > > > This works fine if /usr is on a separate partition *and* you are using > > an initramfs. The only time it doesn't work is if /usr is separate > > without using an initramfs. > > > Council decided years ago that we don't support separate /usr without > > an initramfs, but we haven't completed that transition yet. > > Which doesn't imply that we deliberately break things. How about making emerge --config dynamic, copying if it's on a different partition and symlinking if it's not? You can't accurately determine the use of an initramfs but at least this is closer to what we want. -- James Le Cuirot (chewi) Gentoo Linux Developer
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