From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CE74B59CAF for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:14:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D9EAB21C013; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:14:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f180.google.com (mail-ig0-f180.google.com [209.85.213.180]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D681721C002 for ; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 10:14:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-ig0-f180.google.com with SMTP id gy3so32825413igb.1 for ; Fri, 08 Apr 2016 03:14:50 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to; bh=JhL+W8NZd//KBHlZHm0Cj1S1EJeRfK8OxKlaIJ1rFv4=; b=ryEdqhocJG6eiNGaFYYY467sgWJB3dGwfCCELN4Ju2FgWBVhA6GkBk2w/SUYyK+V6k W20hluNi7J1WeLn5MaU7mkyb/kjp6NsBlL5CR2kjnLaJBiaB+oS93Rf9Y160CmimyRaX e4DY4wZtsEF41/6Ti3dmownKSa6Fvfx4qvAuyxIVPDwWBc9yYlQvRvpuwfPMk1nujDp9 N8IQIDg3tNCZzx7HtJ6Fa2nWovbkckdZ5tmPxlKskIYOO35q7NC2c1iqzxjNwVqmKqBR RCh14ND2sNMnaAZ14ADePguxCTqADZ7AukNo3gowtICu04ULlDO2frj37pZ98nmdmKJY iMiA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :message-id:subject:from:to; bh=JhL+W8NZd//KBHlZHm0Cj1S1EJeRfK8OxKlaIJ1rFv4=; b=JFhe1WcnBIsy+WWSPf2PkAYSVU1GAv8pWyKF+9hhYB8IyBwDlVTZOpiFgyaECBYVD/ asXdz5Bwy1f7w4+lwFkbHyqp0qJdmvHsLZsjIahVELwwMlL2yH5uQ24Y+RZYVGUmJdfw sEvPpRm2SFCSJRygLlrcAEUtlj0Ao2aT/qkc1OLVWHVQfugn7QE23YK9tfOEtzS+jZwp zwqNcFrIpvN3LsvSYKO89PUPX5jCu5isDSBjD0P1I8sEizlaQT0IlVncdPW7mrWjKil/ Qo8Hjl1PIpjfWUrbiNVNPouQOt35WoCOuUN15Z0RKz7cAgDafHJhK2HF7nbTgsWDV2jo 5sjw== X-Gm-Message-State: AD7BkJLCM8TKpDLIKK8TwcIrpfJoXartxuwYNlp86+geqrDLJvZt/ysvwqd68ypmmrdTFKTOZNSEUmzGipyg8g== Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.50.28.78 with SMTP id z14mr2461904igg.51.1460110490006; Fri, 08 Apr 2016 03:14:50 -0700 (PDT) Sender: freemanrich@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.52.72 with HTTP; Fri, 8 Apr 2016 03:14:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <57070c95.0714320a.ed102.1995@mx.google.com> References: <57067172.49cbca0a.693b1.ffff9909@mx.google.com> <20160407154636.GA26596@whubbs1.gaikai.biz> <5706A7A6.3080402@iee.org> <57070bbd.9a48620a.a07cf.3177@mx.google.com> <57070c95.0714320a.ed102.1995@mx.google.com> Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2016 06:14:49 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: p3_tbZaGSyx3YUjZ2JWkNYQVSxM Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] usr merge From: Rich Freeman To: gentoo-dev Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Archives-Salt: b52f23af-f3fc-4c61-9ea6-afd1b7ac06d0 X-Archives-Hash: 43d0ef6e35b12dabdd71099958ada559 On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 9:42 PM, William Hubbs wrote: > > There was a bypo here. "the ebuild" should be upstream. The default > installation location of all coreutils binaries is /usr/bin, then we > move everything around in the ebuild. > We are deviating from upstream in this example. > Keep in mind that following upstream and the /usr merge are somewhat orthogonal. You can just install those binaries in /usr without merging everything over. The only issue is that without the merge anybody embedding a path to these binaries would have to fix their packages. Presumably to aid the transition a symlink (at the file level) would be needed for some period of time. -- Rich