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>>>>> On Mon, 23 Aug 2021, Anthony G Basile wrote: |
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>>> **WARNING** |
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>>> If you happen to have an INSTALL_MASK with a blanket "*systemd*" |
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>>> glob, you will inevitably break your system. sys-fs/udev contains |
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>>> "systemd" in some of its filenames, hence a blanket filter rule will |
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>>> likely lead to a non-functional udev installation. |
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>> Will an INSTALL_MASK of "/usr/lib/systemd /etc/systemd" cause any |
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>> issues? |
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> I have not tested, but I think so since "systemd-" is used as a prefix |
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> for files installed by sys-fs/udev. |
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So, we've abandoned the systemd USE flag, and I remember that one of |
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the arguments was that users could use INSTALL_MASK for precisely the |
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above mentioned directories. |
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Now the message is that users' systems will be broken if they had |
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followed our previous advice? Seriously? |
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Ulrich |
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