On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 11:47:47PM +0100, Michał Górny wrote: > On Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:28:08 -0500 > William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 05:37:12PM -0400, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > > On Mon, Mar 11, 2013 at 5:18 PM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> > > > wrote: > > > > All, > > > > > > > > systemd, like udev, stores directory paths in a way that they can be > > > > queried from pkg-config. However, the systemd.eclass currently does not > > > > use this ability. > > > > > > > > The following patch models the systemd eclass after the udev eclass and > > > > leaves the current defaults in place if there is an issue with > > > > pkg-config. > > > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > > > > William > > > > > > > > > > What problem are you trying to solve here? > > > > > > We already know the values that pkg-config will return, so I fail to > > > see the advantage of calling pkg-config in the eclass. > > > > > > If we were to move the /usr/lib/systemd directory between two versions > > > of systemd, then yes, using pkg-config would be helpful. Until/unless > > > such a change occurs, I just don't see the point. > > > > The reason for this is a topic that Samuli and I want to discuss with > > the systemd team, probably on irc, but, basically, since gentoo does not > > have the /usr merge, we think parts of systemd which are in /usr > > should go in /, and this goes along with systemd upstream's recommendations > > as well (look at how the autogen.sh script in the systemd git repo works > > to see what I'm talking about). > > > > This would also allow udev and systemd to share the /lib/systemd > > directory, and we could install compatibility symlinks where necessary > > to not break users' systems. > > No. And I don't have the time to repeat that discussion again. Just no.
This was also the extent of your objections when I did bring it up to you informally before. It would really help if you would explain your position. Thanks, William
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