On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 11:01 AM, James Robertson <jwro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I'd like to discuss the direction of LFS with respect to where upstream >> developers appear to be going. >> >> Currently we use sysvinit and udev as the basis of bringing up LFS. We >> do not use an initd/initramfs or systemd. >> >> http://wiki.debian.org/InitrdReplacementOptions >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initrd > > > +1 > > I'm with Nathan and Jeremy. As a long time LFSer, I would like to see us go > towards having our readers create an initramfs (not the older initrd). The > educational value is very high here. If we go this route, we should > probably update the kernel compilation instructions to help users go more > module driven kernels than static. I have been module only with initrd for > some time out on my builds.
Actually when I posted, I was more on the "prefer no initramfs" side. But reading these last few threads there seems to be a lot of interest in such a setup. If we do support it, I would also like an option for initramless setups as well. How well would it sit in BLFS in the post LFS section? >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systemd >> http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/why.html >> > -1 > > I don't think we are ready for this. I think that sysvinit is just fine for > our needs. Many distros still go that way. I think the systemd devs have > some good ideas, but its not for LFS IMO. > >> ---------- >> >> There appears appears to be a movement to consolidate /bin and /usr/bin, >> /lib and /usr/lib, and /sbin and /usr/sbin. >> >> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/UsrMove > > > +1 > > I have been doing this since LFS 5 - LOL. I never understood the need. I > install to / and symlink the /usr to /. > > I think Nathan and I started on the same version of LFS 3.3. Keep up the > good work guys! > > -- James > > -- > http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > -- Nathan Coulson (conathan) ------ Location: British Columbia, Canada Timezone: PST (-8) Webpage: http://www.nathancoulson.com -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
