On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 5:03 PM Michael Orlitzky <m...@gentoo.org> wrote: > > We have two eclasses with almost-identical functions for handling > tmpfiles.d entries: > > 1. systemd.eclass > > a. systemd_dotmpfilesd > b. systemd_newtmpfilesd > c. systemd_tmpfiles_create > > 2. tmpfiles.eclass > > a. dotmpfiles > b. newtmpfiles > c. tmpfiles_process > > The do/new functions are basically identical, while the create/process > functions differ only in the fact that the one from tmpfiles.eclass > supports opentmpfiles as well. Why do we have both? Couldn't the > systemd.eclass ones be implemented in terms of the tmpfiles.eclass ones, > and then deprecated (in favor of tmpfiles.eclass itself) in newer EAPIs? > > Or am I missing something?
Nope, seems like you have a pretty good handle on it. Just nobody has gotten around to doing the work to deprecate the functions in systemd.eclass.
