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All, |
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This bug [1] brings up an issue that I would like thoughts about. |
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sys-fs/udev and net-wireless/bluez, among other packages, install udev |
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rules which assume that you are using openrc. |
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On systems where openrc is not used in the boot process, this causes |
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issues because openrc services are run by the udev rules even though |
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openrc did not boot the system. |
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The author of the bug feels that the way to fix this is for us to put a |
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check in openrc that makes it refuse to run services if it was not used |
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in the boot process. |
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This may work; however, I do not feel that it addresses the root cause |
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of the bug. I feel that the root cause is packages unconditionally |
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installing udev rules which assume everyone uses openrc. |
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My proposal is to give these packages an "openrc" use flag which will |
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control whether or not openrc specific support will be installed. This |
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would be on by default, of course, since most of us use openrc. |
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The author of the bug is correct about the disadvantage of doing this -- |
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if you want to switch on or off openrc support, this will require a |
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rebuild of the affected packages. |
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I feel that the advantage of this approach outweighs this disadvantage |
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because this approach allows the user to tell udev not to even attempt |
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to run openrc services, and this will lead to a more efficient system. |
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Any input would be appreciated. |
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William |
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[1] http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=364159 |
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