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From: Alexandre Rostovtsev <tetromino@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: news item for sys-apps/systemd -> /usr migration
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:31:00
Message-Id: 1325813393.27505.15.camel@rook
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] RFC: news item for sys-apps/systemd -> /usr migration by "Michał Górny"
1 On Fri, 2012-01-06 at 00:52 +0100, Michał Górny wrote:
2 > 3) a symlink is installed at /bin/systemd to ensure that current init=
3 > specifications are still valid.
4 >
5 > Please note that these features will be removed after the transitional
6 > period and users upgrading afterwards will have to manually ensure
7 > correctness of their installations. The former two features will be
8 > removed on 2012-03-01, the last one on 2012-05-01.
9
10 Positive effects of removing the /bin/systemd symlink on 2021-05-01:
11 saves one inode in the root fs.
12
13 Negative effects of removing the /bin/systemd symlink on 2021-05-01: an
14 unknown number of users who had forgotten to update their grub.conf will
15 discover that they can no longer boot their systems.
16
17 I would suggest not removing the symlink unless there is a technical
18 reason why its presence is undesirable.
19
20 -Alexandre.

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