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Please share your comments/questions on the proposed news item below. |
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There is no immediate action required for most users, but it seems |
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like a significant enough change to warrant a broadcast. |
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Title: systemd rootprefix migration |
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Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o> |
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Posted: 2017-07-14 |
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Revision: 1 |
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News-Item-Format: 2.0 |
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Display-If-Installed: >=sys-apps/systemd-234 |
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Starting with the 234 release, Gentoo's sys-apps/systemd package will |
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be built with rootprefix=/. This means most of the included programs |
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and system units will be installed under /lib/systemd instead of |
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/usr/lib/systemd. |
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This change brings Gentoo into alignment with most other distros which |
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still maintain a distiction between boot-critical programs in /, and |
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less critical programs in /usr. This also means that users with a |
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separate /usr filesystem will have an easier time booting if their |
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initramfs should become corrupt or fail. |
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Symlinks are provided for /usr/lib/systemd/systemd and |
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/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown to avoid breaking bootloader configs |
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and to allow the system to be shutdown/rebooted without issue. |
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This change will be mostly transparent to typical users. You may notice |
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that system units move from /usr/lib/system/system to |
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/lib/system/system as you upgrade/re-install packages; this is normal. |
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Units will function properly from both locations. |
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As always, if you run into problems, please report a bug. |
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