[Buildroot] [PATCH] system: add options for /bin /sbin and /lib to be symlinks into /usr

Yann E. MORIN yann.morin.1998 at free.fr
Wed Sep 2 14:28:20 UTC 2015


Mike, All,

On 2015-09-02 10:05 -0400, Mike Williams spake thusly:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 10:04 AM, Thomas Petazzoni <
> thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com> wrote:
> > Dear Mike Williams,
> > On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 09:50:34 -0400, Mike Williams wrote:
> > > It's not just what systemd expects, many packages by default install
> > their
> > > systemd-related items to /lib, etc. instead of /usr/lib, so we either
> > have
> > > manual fixes to the .mk files for those packages or inconsistencies in
> > > where those items go. As an example, I believe rsyslog is passed a
> > special
> > > flag setting its systemd install location to /usr/lib, and gpsd is still
> > > just installing to /lib/systemd/system.
> > >
> > > It wouldn't surprise me if most of our systemd users had already merged
> > > their directories in their skeleton; I will probably do so soon as well.
> >
> > Hum, right, I see. Then maybe Yann's patch is the right answer. In fact
> > what I'd like to see in Buildroot is a group of people taking care of
> > the systemd-related issues. So if you're willing (with others) to
> > tackle that, it would be very useful. If you agree with Yann's patch,
> > can you please test it and give your formal Tested-by/Reviewed-by?
> 
> Sure, I'll get it tested tomorrow.

Great, thanks! If you can think of a better commit log to suggest, then
that would be great, too! ;-)

Regards,
Yann E. MORIN.

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