On Mon, 2021-08-23 at 16:36 +0200, Ulrich Mueller wrote: > > > > > > 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?
I'm pretty sure we've never officially advised anyone to remove important directories via INSTALL_MASK. INSTALL_MASK on unit directories will not affect udev users. On the other hand, if someone was overzealous and stripped whole /lib/systemd... no compassion from me, sorry. We don't go out of way to support people using USE=-* either, yet that is certainly *less stupid* than stripping arbitrary directory trees. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
