>>>>> On Mon, 23 Aug 2021, Anthony G Basile wrote: >>> **WARNING** >>> >>> If you happen to have an INSTALL_MASK with a blanket "*systemd*" >>> glob, you will inevitably break your system. sys-fs/udev contains >>> "systemd" in some of its filenames, hence a blanket filter rule will >>> likely lead to a non-functional udev installation. >> >> Will an INSTALL_MASK of "/usr/lib/systemd /etc/systemd" cause any >> issues?
> I have not tested, but I think so since "systemd-" is used as a prefix > for files installed by sys-fs/udev. So, we've abandoned the systemd USE flag, and I remember that one of the arguments was that users could use INSTALL_MASK for precisely the above mentioned directories. Now the message is that users' systems will be broken if they had followed our previous advice? Seriously? Ulrich
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