On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Mark Knecht <markkne...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 16, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Bruce Hill, Jr. > <da...@happypenguincomputers.com> wrote: >> This item just appeared after eix-sync: >> >> HTPC ~ # eselect news read >> 2012-03-16-udev-181-unmasking >> Title udev-181 unmasking >> Author William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> >> Posted 2012-03-16 >> Revision 1 >> >> udev-181 is being unmasked on 2012-03-19. >> >> This news item is to inform you that once you upgrade to a version of >> udev >=181, if you have /usr on a separate partition, you must boot your >> system with an initramfs which pre-mounts /usr. >> >> An initramfs which does this is created by >>>=sys-kernel/genkernel-3.4.25.1 or >>>=sys-kernel/dracut-017-r1. If you do not want to use these tools, be >> sure any initramfs you create pre-mounts /usr. >> >> Also, if you are using OpenRC, you must upgrade to >= openrc-0.9.9. >> >> For more information on why this has been done, see the following URL: >> http://freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/separate-usr-is-broken >> >> >> >> Happy Computer Users, systemd is on your horizon. >> >> Houston, we have a problem! >> -- >> Happy Penguin Computers >`) >> 126 Fenco Drive ( \ >> Tupelo, MS 38801 ^^ >> 662-269-2706; 662-491-8613 >> support at happypenguincomputers dot com >> http://www.happypenguincomputers.com >> > > Some comments from my limited, end-user, not-a-professional, > just-out-here-in-the-Ether, end-user point of view: > > 1) Unmasking udev-181 doesn't mean it becomes stable, so I am assuming > (for now) that since I run stable Gentoo this won't directly effect me > on Monday. Comments?
That is correct. udev-181 is getting unmasked (removed from /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask), not stabilized (it will remain ~x86/~amd64). For it to be keyworded amd64/x86, I would suspect it will take *at least* a month, probably longer. I would suspect that when it does get stabilized, the needed versions of dracut/genkernel/openrc will get stabilized too. Regards. -- Canek Peláez Valdés Posgrado en Ciencia e Ingeniería de la Computación Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
