Re: [gentoo-dev] Global Systemd USE Flag

[Michał Górny]

On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 17:13:26 +0200
Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:

> On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 11:03:25 -0400
> Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Patrick Lauer <patrick@g.o>
> > wrote:
> > > can we *please* use the openrc useflag to have correct paths and
> > > binary names again?
> > > Just because upstream says we should be fedora doesn't mean we
> > > have to do it.
> >
> > I think that having binaries going in different places based on a
> > USE flag is going to lead to a big mess - especially if we're
> > talking about system packages.
> >
> > If we want to argue about where we put something by all means hash
> > it out or escalate to council.  If we want to debate whether to
> > install compatibility symlinks I think that is also more reasonable.
> >
> > However, I don't want the path to bash or glibc or whatever to
> > depend on whether a particular package maintainer believes in
> > the /usr move or even moreso whether some USE flag is set.
>
> Path to bash can't change because it will break most of scripts
> in the world.
>
> Path to libc can't change because it will break all of the executables
> in the world.

Ah, sorry. Let me clarify: path to ld.so.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny