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diff --git a/metadata/news/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/2013-09-27-initramfs-required.en.txt b/metadata/news/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/2013-09-27-initramfs-required.en.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 4f382a70ed8f..000000000000 --- a/metadata/news/2013-09-27-initramfs-required/2013-09-27-initramfs-required.en.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,29 +0,0 @@ -Title: Separate /usr on Linux requires initramfs -Author: William Hubbs <williamh@gentoo.org> -Content-Type: text/plain -Posted: 2013-09-27 -Revision: 1 -News-Item-Format: 1.0 - -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 setting up an initramfs, see this URL: - -https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Initramfs/HOWTO - -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 trend is likely to grow worse. - -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 |