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On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 7:50 PM Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> wrote: |
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> This series introduces the global USE flag 'split-usr' to control |
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> whether binaries and libraries are split into separate / and /usr |
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> directories, or if they are always installed in /usr. This is a step |
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> toward making merged /usr workable on Gentoo for the average user. |
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> This USE flag is already being used by some packages, including |
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> sys-apps/baselayout and sys-apps/systemd. |
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> This series also moves the gen_usr_ldscript function to a new eclass, |
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> and makes it a noop on most systems when split-usr is enabled. Moving |
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> it to a new eclass allows us to avoid adding IUSE="split-usr" to every |
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> ebuild that uses toolchain-funcs.eclass. |
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Correction: gen_usr_ldscript becomes a noop when split-usr is |
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*disabled*. Hopefully that didn't confuse too many people. :) |
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