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On Mon, 2021-08-23 at 16:36 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: |
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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 |
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> > > > contains |
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> > > > "systemd" in some of its filenames, hence a blanket filter rule |
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> > > > will |
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> > > > likely lead to a non-functional udev installation. |
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> > > |
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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 |
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> > 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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Let assume the counterfactual for a moment here: We retained the |
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USE=systemd flag for all unit files and what not, so people can cleanse |
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themselves of the systemd units etc. without resorting to INSTALL_MASK. |
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How would USE=-systemd have prevented this situation? USE=-systemd would |
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randomly mv and sed random files so the "systemd-" prefix doesn't show |
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up? |
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