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From: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
To: Gentoo Dev <gentoo-dev@l.g.o>
Cc: base-system@g.o, toolchain@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/6] profiles: add global USE flag 'split-usr'
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 14:29:49
Message-Id: CAJ0EP42s14XAO7PdRwLKqcfVuZm_U=Y6Ys1fjV3--XtuBC0jTw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH 1/6] profiles: add global USE flag 'split-usr' by "Michał Górny"
1 On Sun, Jul 14, 2019 at 11:29 PM Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
2 >
3 > On Sun, 2019-07-14 at 19:50 -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote:
4 > > Signed-off-by: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
5 > > ---
6 > > profiles/use.desc | 1 +
7 > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
8 > >
9 > > diff --git a/profiles/use.desc b/profiles/use.desc
10 > > index fc19bbd0bbaa..ec5d4d6bc594 100644
11 > > --- a/profiles/use.desc
12 > > +++ b/profiles/use.desc
13 > > @@ -299,6 +299,7 @@ source - Zip the sources and install them
14 > > sox - Add support for Sound eXchange (SoX)
15 > > speex - Add support for the speex audio codec (used for speech)
16 > > spell - Add dictionary support
17 > > +split-usr - Splits /bin and /lib from /usr/bin and /usr/lib
18 > > sqlite - Add support for sqlite - embedded sql database
19 > > ssl - Add support for SSL/TLS connections (Secure Socket Layer / Transport Layer Security)
20 > > startup-notification - Enable application startup event feedback mechanism
21 >
22 > I have no explicit suggestions right now but this description sounds
23 > like it's going to magically take care of splitting or merging
24 > the directories, and AFAIK it doesn't do that.
25
26 Yeah, the wording sucks, and I am open to suggestions. How about
27 something like this:
28
29 Enable behavior to support maintaining /bin and /lib separately from
30 /usr/bin and /usr/lib.