Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: Providing a path for systemd on gentoo - 'profiles', or 'eselect module'? - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 21:58:39
Message-Id: 20140221215826.23ee1df2@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Providing a path for systemd on gentoo - 'profiles', or 'eselect module'? - WAS Re: [gentoo-user] Debian just voted in systemd for default init system in jessie by Tanstaafl
1 On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 09:32:07 -0500, Tanstaafl wrote:
2
3 > Ok, so, since it really is so simple, wouldn't it be easier to
4 > implement this as an eselect module then, as opposed to creating a
5 > bunch of separate profiles?
6
7 profiles handle USE flags, eselect does not. Of course, you can use
8 eselect to change profiles :)
9
10 It's not as complex as creating a lot of different systemd profiles
11 because of inheritance.
12
13 > I'd also suggest throwing in a test for current running kernel config,
14 > to make sure it fully supports booting with systemd, and maybe a new
15 > emerge command that can also be maintained to make sure that *all*
16 > necessary packages are rebuilt?
17
18 That's already taken care of, the systemd ebuild checks your kernel
19 config as part of the pre-emerge checks, nothing happens until you have a
20 suitable kernel.
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23 --
24 Neil Bothwick
25
26 If at first you don't succeed, redefine success.

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