* [gentoo-dev] News item: systemd rootprefix migration
@ 2017-07-14 1:32 Mike Gilbert
2017-07-14 4:46 ` Sam Jorna (wraeth)
2017-07-14 19:22 ` Gokturk Yuksek
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mike Gilbert @ 2017-07-14 1:32 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo Dev; +Cc: systemd
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.
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Title: systemd rootprefix migration
Author: Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org>
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.
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.
As always, if you run into problems, please report a bug.
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] News item: systemd rootprefix migration
2017-07-14 1:32 [gentoo-dev] News item: systemd rootprefix migration Mike Gilbert
@ 2017-07-14 4:46 ` Sam Jorna (wraeth)
2017-07-14 14:39 ` Mike Gilbert
2017-07-14 19:22 ` Gokturk Yuksek
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Sam Jorna (wraeth) @ 2017-07-14 4:46 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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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@gentoo.org>
> 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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* Re: [gentoo-dev] News item: systemd rootprefix migration
2017-07-14 4:46 ` Sam Jorna (wraeth)
@ 2017-07-14 14:39 ` Mike Gilbert
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Mike Gilbert @ 2017-07-14 14:39 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Gentoo Dev
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 12:46 AM, Sam Jorna (wraeth) <wraeth@gentoo.org> wrote:
>> 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?
I don't see a strong reason to get rid of them, though it would be
nice to tidy up the ebuild at some point. I'll add a suggestion to
update the kernel command line.
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] News item: systemd rootprefix migration
2017-07-14 1:32 [gentoo-dev] News item: systemd rootprefix migration Mike Gilbert
2017-07-14 4:46 ` Sam Jorna (wraeth)
@ 2017-07-14 19:22 ` Gokturk Yuksek
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Gokturk Yuksek @ 2017-07-14 19:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev; +Cc: systemd
> On Jul 13, 2017, at 21:32, Mike Gilbert <floppym@gentoo.org> 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@gentoo.org>
> 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
s/distiction/distinction/
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