3/28/2008

OpenRC hits the tree

Cardoe wrote this mid-afternoon:

OpenRC 0.2 has hit the tree and is our goal for unmasking to ~arch. It’s currently ready for prime time on your ~arch machines. If you’d like to give it a test simply create a /etc/portage/package.unmask/openrc file and fill it with:

>=sys-apps/openrc-0.2
=sys-apps/baselayout-2.0.0*

As always, any issues should be reported to Gentoo’s Bugzilla and assigned to base-system@gentoo.org

One gotcha is that util-linux’s crypto-loop initscript appears to have been silently updated for OpenRC support. You’ll need to make sure you’re on a 2.13 or higher version and potentially re-emerge it.

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2 Responses to “OpenRC hits the tree”

  1. Dirk R. Gently Says:
    March 29th, 2008 at 8:10 pm

    I’ll admit I’m a newb at this, and frankly this whole thing has been confusing. Ok baselayout2 became OpenRC, OpenRC looks like is pretty much considered ready for prime time. Does Gentoo have a plan setup for this? Is there a migration plan from baselayout? I could be wrong but I think only a few people understand whats going to happen.

  2. Cardoe Says:
    March 31st, 2008 at 1:52 pm

    I have been working on writing one with members of our Gentoo Docs team. However as issues are resolved and people test it, things change. This doc will be completed before OpenRC is unmasked.

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