Re: [gentoo-user] Update of systemd-utils failes (OpenRC)

[Michael <confabulate@kintzios.com>]

[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 2329 bytes --]

On Saturday 8 February 2025 08:56:20 Greenwich Mean Time Matthias Hanft wrote:
> Matthias Hanft wrote:
> > After "emerge --sync" today, emerge wants to update systemd-utils
> > from 254.17 to 255.15-r1 and fails with: [...]
> 
> Ok, it was my own fault: I had another (own) "patchelf" (for legacy
> Kylix programs) in /usr/local/bin which came first in $PATH. Now the
> update was OK.
> 
> Just the question remains:
> >  U I
> >  - - abi_x86_32                      : 32-bit (x86) libraries
> >  + + acl                             : Add support for Access Control
> >  Lists
> >  - - boot                            : Enable systemd-boot (UEFI boot
> >  manager) - - kernel-install                  : Enable kernel-install
> >  + - kmod                            : Enable kernel module loading via
> >  sys-apps/kmod - - python_single_target_python3_10 : Build for Python
> >  3.10 only
> >  - - python_single_target_python3_11 : Build for Python 3.11 only
> >  + + python_single_target_python3_12 : Build for Python 3.12 only
> >  - - python_single_target_python3_13 : Build for Python 3.13 only
> >  - - secureboot                      : Automatically sign efi executables
> >  using user specified key - - sysusers                        : Enable
> >  systemd-sysusers
> >  - - test                            : Enable dependencies and/or
> >  preparations necessary to run tests (usually>  
> >                                        controlled by FEATURES=test but can
> >                                        be toggled independently)
> >  
> >  + - tmpfiles                        : Enable systemd-tmpfiles
> >  + - udev                            : Enable systemd-udev (userspace
> >  device manager) - - ukify                           : Enable
> >  systemd-ukify
> 
> With the update installed, the USE flags kmod, tmpfiles and udev changed
> from "off" to "on". Is this important, do I have to worry, or can I just
> ignore it (because there's no impact at all without systemd?
> 
> -Matt

You could ignore default USE flags, because when you use the openrc init 
system udev and tmpfilesd use some files provided by systemd.  The rest of the 
systemd is not used.

You may wish to take a quick look at this section in the wiki which explains 
it briefly:

https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/OpenRC#System_integration


[-- Attachment #2: This is a digitally signed message part. --]
[-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 833 bytes --]