sys-apps/sysvinit installs a bunch of tools not strictly related to sysvinit functionality which are used elsewhere, like pidof or sulogin. We'd really appreciate if those tools could be split out into sysvinit-tools or something like that, so that systemd could depend on those tools while systemd-sysv-utils would block just the core sysvinit package.
Ah, and I mean the following tools: /usr/bin/last /usr/bin/mesg /usr/bin/utmpdump /usr/bin/wall /usr/bin/lastb /sbin/killall5 /sbin/fstab-decode (not necessarily) /sbin/sulogin /bin/pidof but not shutdown and related tools which rely on /dev/initctl.
@vapier: I see that mountpoint was moved from sysvinit to util-linux. Is there any possibility of working with the upstreams for these tools and moving all of the tools mgorny mentioned over to util-linux?
there's always the possibility. all it takes is an e-mail to the util-linux/sysvinit lists asking.
(In reply to comment #1) > Ah, and I mean the following tools: > > /usr/bin/last > /usr/bin/mesg > /usr/bin/utmpdump > /usr/bin/wall > /usr/bin/lastb > /sbin/killall5 > /sbin/fstab-decode (not necessarily) > /sbin/sulogin > /bin/pidof > > but not shutdown and related tools which rely on /dev/initctl. Of these tools, the following are now in util-linux git: - last - mesg - sulogin - utmpdump - wall Which only leaves the following: - fstab-decode - lastb - killall5 - pidof
there are talks of moving the kill utils upstream. this will sort itself out as newer versions of these packages are released.
(In reply to comment #5) > there are talks of moving the kill utils upstream. this will sort itself > out as newer versions of these packages are released. Thanks for thoughtfully closing a blocker for a few other bugs.
(In reply to comment #6) glad i could help
util-linux 2.22 is in the tree now and has absorbed sulogin/utmpdump
+1 for this. We've been waiting for quite a while now. How about just splitting mentioned binaries into a separate ebuild (let's call it sysvinit-tools)?
Reopening since the problem didn't magically fix itself.
this bug is full of useless crap. if you have specific requests, file bugs for them (like enabling XXX tools in util-linux-XXX and disabling them in sysvinit). i'm not splitting sysvinit up, and if a tool hasn't been migrated out of sysvinit into some other package yet, then take it up with the respective upstream.
