On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 1:04 PM Joshua Kinard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Noticed this warning from sys-fs/udev-249.6-r1 while watching it build on > one of my MIPS systems: > > ../systemd-stable-249.6/meson.build:64: WARNING: > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > split-usr mode is going to be removed > > > !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > Is this a warning of an upcoming change added by us, or something added by > upstream? Is it specific to the udev functionality in systemd, or all of > systemd? Do we know when this removal will happen? Are we going to > maintain split-usr mode after its removal or just follow along with whatever > upstream wants to do? > > Lot of questions, but that's a pretty big and blatant warning, so it seems > like something may happen sooner rather than later. Having not seen any > recent discussion regarding shed colors on the topic, I figured I'd inquire.
The warning was added by systemd upstream. https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/18450 It's unclear what the removal of split-usr will look like upstream. When it actually happens, we can assess the change and come up with a plan.
