[systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-06 Thread Emil Sjölin
This fix makes sure that the package installation will work on systems using versions of 'GNU coreutils' older than 8.16. Please see tools/lnr.sh for limitations for this fix. --- configure.ac | 16 ++ tools/lnr.sh | 93 ++ 2 fil

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-15 Thread Umut Tezduyar Lindskog
Hi, Please review the patch and let us know if anything needs to be changed. It would be nice if we can get this in before 213. Umut On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Emil Sjölin wrote: > This fix makes sure that the package installation will work > on systems using versions of 'GNU coreutils' ol

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-15 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Wed, 07.05.14 08:54, Emil Sjölin (emil.sjo...@axis.com) wrote: > This fix makes sure that the package installation will work > on systems using versions of 'GNU coreutils' older than 8.16. > > Please see tools/lnr.sh for limitations for this fix. > --- > configure.ac | 16 ++ > tool

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-15 Thread Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:30:45AM +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Wed, 07.05.14 08:54, Emil Sjölin (emil.sjo...@axis.com) wrote: > > > This fix makes sure that the package installation will work > > on systems using versions of 'GNU coreutils' older than 8.16. > > > > Please see tools/lnr.

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-16 Thread Kay Sievers
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Wed, 07.05.14 08:54, Emil Sjölin (emil.sjo...@axis.com) wrote: > >> This fix makes sure that the package installation will work >> on systems using versions of 'GNU coreutils' older than 8.16. >> >> Please see tools/lnr.sh for limita

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-16 Thread Harald Hoyer
On 16.05.2014 06:22, Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 12:30:45AM +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote: >> >> I'd really prefer if somebody who's a true shell guru could look over >> this. Harald? (Or Zbigniew?) > If I review it, do I get to become a true shell guru? ;) So..

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-16 Thread Harald Hoyer
On 16.05.2014 13:00, Kay Sievers wrote: > I do not think we should do such hacks in upstream systemd. > > It is a commonly available feature since quite some years, and > building without chroot on old systems is a bit too exotic to justify > carrying this rather large work around upstream. > > W

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-16 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Fri, 16.05.14 13:15, Harald Hoyer (harald.ho...@gmail.com) wrote: > > On 16.05.2014 13:00, Kay Sievers wrote: > > I do not think we should do such hacks in upstream systemd. > > > > It is a commonly available feature since quite some years, and > > building without chroot on old systems is a

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-20 Thread Umut Tezduyar Lindskog
On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Lennart Poettering wrote: > On Fri, 16.05.14 13:15, Harald Hoyer (harald.ho...@gmail.com) wrote: > >> >> On 16.05.2014 13:00, Kay Sievers wrote: >> > I do not think we should do such hacks in upstream systemd. >> > >> > It is a commonly available feature since quit

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-20 Thread Lennart Poettering
On Tue, 20.05.14 10:58, Umut Tezduyar Lindskog (u...@tezduyar.com) wrote: > > Yeah, thinking about this I agree with Kay and Harald. > > > > If it is desirable to cross-build systemd on such an old distribution > > I'd recommend sticking an alternative "ln" implementation into $PATH and > > making

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-20 Thread Michael Biebl
2014-05-20 10:58 GMT+02:00 Umut Tezduyar Lindskog : > On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Lennart Poettering > wrote: >> If it is desirable to cross-build systemd on such an old distribution >> I'd recommend sticking an alternative "ln" implementation into $PATH and >> making sure it is preferred whe

Re: [systemd-devel] [RFC PATCH] Fix so install will work without 'ln --relative' support

2014-05-21 Thread Umut Tezduyar Lindskog
On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Michael Biebl wrote: > 2014-05-20 10:58 GMT+02:00 Umut Tezduyar Lindskog : >> On Fri, May 16, 2014 at 4:14 PM, Lennart Poettering >> wrote: >>> If it is desirable to cross-build systemd on such an old distribution >>> I'd recommend sticking an alternative "ln" imp