Re: [gentoo-dev] News item: systemd rootprefix migration

[Sam Jorna (wraeth)]

On 14/07/17 11:32, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> Please share your comments/questions on the proposed news item below.
> There is no immediate action required for most users, but it seems
> like a significant enough change to warrant a broadcast.
>
> --
>
> Title: systemd rootprefix migration
> Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@g.o>
> Posted: 2017-07-14
> Revision: 1
> News-Item-Format: 2.0
> Display-If-Installed: >=sys-apps/systemd-234
>
> Starting with the 234 release, Gentoo's sys-apps/systemd package will
> be built with rootprefix=/. This means most of the included programs
> and system units will be installed under /lib/systemd instead of
> /usr/lib/systemd.
>
> This change brings Gentoo into alignment with most other distros which
> still maintain a distiction between boot-critical programs in /, and
> less critical programs in /usr. This also means that users with a
> separate /usr filesystem will have an easier time booting if their
> initramfs should become corrupt or fail.
>
> Symlinks are provided for /usr/lib/systemd/systemd and
> /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown to avoid breaking bootloader configs
> and to allow the system to be shutdown/rebooted without issue.

Will these symlinks be maintained indefinitely? Would it be worth
suggesting updating cmdline's to point to the new location rather than
the symlink?

> This change will be mostly transparent to typical users. You may notice
> that system units move from /usr/lib/system/system to
> /lib/system/system as you upgrade/re-install packages; this is normal.
> Units will function properly from both locations.

s:/lib/system:&d:

> As always, if you run into problems, please report a bug.

Otherwise, lgtm.

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Sam Jorna (wraeth)
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