Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: Systemd migration: opinion and questions

[Marc Joliet <marcec@gmx.de>]

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Am Sat, 23 May 2015 10:41:03 +0000 (UTC)
schrieb Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>:

> Marc Joliet posted on Sat, 23 May 2015 10:49:07 +0200 as excerpted:
> 
> > Am Thu, 21 May 2015 09:36:28 +0000 (UTC)
> > schrieb Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>:
> > 
> > [...]
> >> I decided to keep systemd, and ultimately, to unmerge openrc
> > [...]
> > 
> > I forgot to ask about this: how did you go about doing that?  I'm still
> > waiting for the following two bugs to be resolved:
> > 
> > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504116
> > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511500
> > 
> > Do you have none of the affected packages installed, or...?
> 
> Good question!
> 
> Answer: "or..."  Very definitely "or...", as you will see below. =:^)
> 
> functions.sh is easy enough to fix, if you're willing to create a single 
> symlink, manually.
> 
> $ equery belongs functions.sh
> sys-apps/gentoo-functions-0.10 (/lib/gentoo/functions.sh)
> 
> The package gentoo-functions is /supposed/ to replace a couple gentoo-
> specific files formerly found in openrc, thereby making openrc optional 
> for those using other init systems (like systemd).  One of those files is 
> functions.sh[1].
> 
> But the old /etc/init.d/functions.sh location was hardcoded into a lot of 
> gentoo utilities over the years, some of which don't get updated very 
> often especially for stable, and the new /lib/gentoo/functions.sh 
> location, while more appropriate, still can't be found by some of these 
> apps.  That's what the first bug is about.
> 
> Simple enough fix -- ensure the gentoo-functions package is installed (it 
> should be as it's a dependency of enough stuff, including current glibc 
> packages!), and do a manual symlink from the old location to the new 
> one.  Viola! No openrc needed for THAT any more, and because the new 
> location's file is still packaged, any updates to it should occur 
> normally and will be simply picked up by anything still using the old 
> location, since it's a symlink! =:^)
[...]

That is certainly an interesting approach, since it avoids any upgrades.  Then
I would only have to deal with openrc.

[snip empty @system approach]

Wow, that's certainly an interesting approach!  It's definitely not for me,
though.  While I appreciate the control Gentoo gives me, I don't need *that*
kind of control.

-- 
Marc Joliet
--
"People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we
don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup

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