Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] systemd.eclass: Patch for new function systemd_get_udevdir()

[Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org>]

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On 06-08-2012 07:49:48 -0400, Rich Freeman wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 6:42 AM, Fabian Groffen <grobian@gentoo.org> wrote:
> > On 06-08-2012 13:37:55 +0300, Samuli Suominen wrote:
> >> > Also, I'm not so sure if this will work correctly for Prefix.
> >>
> >> I'm sure that is easily checked and we will get feedback quickly.
> >
> > I'm sure systemd/udev will never run in (a) Prefix, so perhaps it is
> > more sensical not to pseudo-provide support for it.
> 
> I wouldn't be so quick to make that assumption.  Right now openrc
> doesn't work on Prefix but there is a SoC project to change that.  Why
> wouldn't we assume that somebody will do the same for systemd?
> Obviously the long-term future of systemd/openrc/alternatives is
> unclear now, but that just seems to be all the more reason to keep our
> options open.
> 
> I'm not suggesting that we fully build-in support for systemd under
> Prefix and so on, but rather I'm suggesting that if leaving it open as
> an option now saves us a lot of rework later we should consider it.
> 
> (And yes, I realize that systemd is currently linux-only and why that
> would make any use under Prefix difficult.)

While OpenRC is likely perfectly capable of starting/stopping daemons as
a normal user (with some tweaks), I expect systemd replacing init, to
already have a fair bit of isssues with being just a normal unprivileged
user.  I may be wrong, of course.  However, the notorious reputation of
that piece of software aiming for system-domination doesn't really make
it sound to me like it ever will be a good match for Prefix.


-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level

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