On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 5:35 AM Thomas Deutschmann <whi...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > On 2021-08-04 04:56, Sam James wrote: > > Sure, thanks for the clarification. It's deprecated in the sense of > > ebuilds installing to it though, right? > > Well, it triggered me because saying it's deprecated implies two things > for me: > > 1) It was OK for packages to do that in the past > > 2) Something has changed upstream > > Regarding 1) > It was never OK for packages to install in that location. That will > break the override mechanism systemd introduced. I.e. packages were and > are still only allowed to install below /usr (/lib), to allow local > system administrators to override installed unit/tmpfiles spec by > placing a file with the same name in the corresponding directory in /etc. > > > Regarding 2) > Nothing has changed upstream regarding these locations.
Maybe next time, just explain that the first time around? Your first email provides no actionable information and requires the other party to expend effort (and wait for a reply) to understand what you mean.
