Am Sat, 23 May 2015 10:41:03 +0000 (UTC) schrieb Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net>:
> Marc Joliet posted on Sat, 23 May 2015 10:49:07 +0200 as excerpted: > > > Am Thu, 21 May 2015 09:36:28 +0000 (UTC) > > schrieb Duncan <1i5t5.dun...@cox.net>: > > > > [...] > >> I decided to keep systemd, and ultimately, to unmerge openrc > > [...] > > > > I forgot to ask about this: how did you go about doing that? I'm still > > waiting for the following two bugs to be resolved: > > > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504116 > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=511500 > > > > Do you have none of the affected packages installed, or...? > > Good question! > > Answer: "or..." Very definitely "or...", as you will see below. =:^) > > functions.sh is easy enough to fix, if you're willing to create a single > symlink, manually. > > $ equery belongs functions.sh > sys-apps/gentoo-functions-0.10 (/lib/gentoo/functions.sh) > > The package gentoo-functions is /supposed/ to replace a couple gentoo- > specific files formerly found in openrc, thereby making openrc optional > for those using other init systems (like systemd). One of those files is > functions.sh[1]. > > But the old /etc/init.d/functions.sh location was hardcoded into a lot of > gentoo utilities over the years, some of which don't get updated very > often especially for stable, and the new /lib/gentoo/functions.sh > location, while more appropriate, still can't be found by some of these > apps. That's what the first bug is about. > > Simple enough fix -- ensure the gentoo-functions package is installed (it > should be as it's a dependency of enough stuff, including current glibc > packages!), and do a manual symlink from the old location to the new > one. Viola! No openrc needed for THAT any more, and because the new > location's file is still packaged, any updates to it should occur > normally and will be simply picked up by anything still using the old > location, since it's a symlink! =:^) [...] That is certainly an interesting approach, since it avoids any upgrades. Then I would only have to deal with openrc. [snip empty @system approach] Wow, that's certainly an interesting approach! It's definitely not for me, though. While I appreciate the control Gentoo gives me, I don't need *that* kind of control. -- Marc Joliet -- "People who think they know everything really annoy those of us who know we don't" - Bjarne Stroustrup
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