Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: patch systemd.eclass to use pkg-config if available

[Michał Górny]

On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:28:08 -0500
William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:

> On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 05:37:12PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote:
> > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:18 PM, William Hubbs <williamh@g.o> wrote:
> > > All,
> > >
> > > systemd, like udev, stores directory paths in a way that they can be
> > > queried from pkg-config. However, the systemd.eclass currently does not
> > > use this ability.
> > >
> > > The following patch models the systemd eclass after the udev eclass and
> > > leaves the current defaults in place if there is an issue with
> > > pkg-config.
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> > >
> > > William
> > >
> >
> > What problem are you trying to solve here?
> >
> > We already know the values that pkg-config will return, so I fail to
> > see the advantage of calling pkg-config in the eclass.
> >
> > If we were to move the /usr/lib/systemd directory between two versions
> > of systemd, then yes, using pkg-config would be helpful. Until/unless
> > such a change occurs, I just don't see the point.
>
> The reason for this is a topic that Samuli and I want to discuss with
> the systemd team, probably on irc, but, basically, since gentoo does not
> have the /usr merge, we think parts of systemd which are in /usr
> should go in /, and this goes along with systemd upstream's recommendations
> as well (look at how the autogen.sh script in the systemd git repo works
> to see what I'm talking about).
>
> This would also allow udev and systemd to share the /lib/systemd
> directory, and we could install compatibility symlinks where necessary
> to not break users' systems.

No. And I don't have the time to repeat that discussion again. Just no.

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Best regards,
Michał Górny