On 14/07/17 11:32, Mike Gilbert wrote: > Please share your comments/questions on the proposed news item below. > There is no immediate action required for most users, but it seems > like a significant enough change to warrant a broadcast. > > -- > > Title: systemd rootprefix migration > Author: Mike Gilbert <flop...@gentoo.org> > Posted: 2017-07-14 > Revision: 1 > News-Item-Format: 2.0 > Display-If-Installed: >=sys-apps/systemd-234 > > Starting with the 234 release, Gentoo's sys-apps/systemd package will > be built with rootprefix=/. This means most of the included programs > and system units will be installed under /lib/systemd instead of > /usr/lib/systemd. > > This change brings Gentoo into alignment with most other distros which > still maintain a distiction between boot-critical programs in /, and > less critical programs in /usr. This also means that users with a > separate /usr filesystem will have an easier time booting if their > initramfs should become corrupt or fail. > > Symlinks are provided for /usr/lib/systemd/systemd and > /usr/lib/systemd/systemd-shutdown to avoid breaking bootloader configs > and to allow the system to be shutdown/rebooted without issue.
Will these symlinks be maintained indefinitely? Would it be worth suggesting updating cmdline's to point to the new location rather than the symlink? > This change will be mostly transparent to typical users. You may notice > that system units move from /usr/lib/system/system to > /lib/system/system as you upgrade/re-install packages; this is normal. > Units will function properly from both locations. s:/lib/system:&d: > As always, if you run into problems, please report a bug. Otherwise, lgtm. -- Sam Jorna (wraeth) GnuPG ID: D6180C26
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