[Buildroot] [PATCH] system: add options for /bin /sbin and /lib to be symlinks into /usr

Vicente Olivert Riera Vincent.Riera at imgtec.com
Wed Sep 2 14:07:57 UTC 2015


Dear Thomas Petazzoni,

On 09/02/2015 03:04 PM, Thomas Petazzoni wrote:
> Dear Mike Williams,
> 
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2015 09:50:34 -0400, Mike Williams wrote:
> 
>> It's not just what systemd expects, many packages by default install their
>> systemd-related items to /lib, etc. instead of /usr/lib, so we either have
>> manual fixes to the .mk files for those packages or inconsistencies in
>> where those items go. As an example, I believe rsyslog is passed a special
>> flag setting its systemd install location to /usr/lib, and gpsd is still
>> just installing to /lib/systemd/system.
>>
>> It wouldn't surprise me if most of our systemd users had already merged
>> their directories in their skeleton; I will probably do so soon as well.
> 
> Hum, right, I see. Then maybe Yann's patch is the right answer. In fact
> what I'd like to see in Buildroot is a group of people taking care of
> the systemd-related issues. So if you're willing (with others) to
> tackle that, it would be very useful. If you agree with Yann's patch,
> can you please test it and give your formal Tested-by/Reviewed-by?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Thomas
> 

and what about also selecting BR2_ROOTFS_USR_SYMLINKS in systemd's
Config.in?

Regards,

Vincent.



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