Antw: [EXT] Re: [systemd‑devel] Dropping split‑usr/unmerged‑usr support

["Ulrich Windl" <Ulrich.Windl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>> Lennart Poettering <mzerqung@xxxxxxxxxxx> schrieb am 07.04.2022 um 10:59
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> On Mi, 06.04.22 11:24, Mike Gilbert (floppym@xxxxxxxxxx) wrote:
> 
>> We are not likely to require merging of / and /usr for the foreseeable
>> future. We are a "rolling release" distro and basically never require
>> our users to re‑install, which makes large file system migrations
>> difficult. Also, many of our users would resist any attempt to force
>> merged‑/usr on them.
> 
> So, my guess would be that the people who dislike merged‑/usr are also
> the ones who dislike systemd, no? i.e. do they really matter if we are
> talking about what to support in systemd? They'd not use our stuff
> anyway, so why bother?

Maybe explain why systemd required /usr to be part of the root filesystem
instead.
Maybe also explain the chicken-egg race with temporary directories that
systemd added.

> 
>> I think it would be ok if systemd drops support for installing itself
>> in /lib/systemd; we would just move everything under /usr/lib/systemd,
>> and possibly set up some symlinks in /lib/systemd for the
>> transition.
> 
> You guys are making your life hell, because you are afraid if making
> it difficult...

Maybe just add a manual page systemd-filesystem-concepts ;-)

Regards,
Ulrich Windl


> 
> Lennart
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> Lennart Poettering, Berlin