On Mon, 14 May 2012, Josh Triplett wrote: > On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 01:37:06AM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote: > > On Sun, 22 Apr 2012, Josh Triplett wrote: > > > > > Package: base-files > > > Version: 6.7 > > > Severity: normal > > > > > > Currently, only the initscripts package ships the empty /sys directory, > > > which made sense since initscripts contains the script to mount /sys. > > > However, new init systems don't necessarily need to depend on > > > initscripts, and systemd has almost reached the point where it no longer > > > needs to do so. I think it would make sense for base-files to ship > > > /sys, just as it currently ships many other top-level directories. > > > > Before I do this: > > > > Can anyone tell me if the Hurd and the kFreeBSDs use /sys as well? > > As far as I know they don't.
In such case, /sys is not debian-wide essential. If systemd needs also en empty /sys instead of relying on the one provided by initscripts, the sensible thing to do here is to ship an empty /sys in systemd as well (Unless I'm missing anything). May I close this bug? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
