All presently available versions of sys-fs/lvm2 contain the following line in src_install, intended to make the init scripts resilient against systems that do not write the rcscripts under /lib: sed -e "s-/lib/rcscripts/-/$(get_libdir)/rcscripts/-" -i "${D}"/etc/init.d/* However, there are two problems with this. First, there is no ||die, so a failed sed results in silently installing an unmodified copy of the relevant init.d files. Second, the choice of dash as a separator is suboptimal. I am presently experimenting with a system that has a multiarch-aware LIBDIR (LIBDIR_amd64="lib/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu", specifically). This caused the sed to fail, since the string returned by $(get_libdir) contained dashes. I suggest changing the sed expression to the below, which I am currently using via a local overlay: sed -e "s|/lib/rcscripts/|/$(get_libdir)/rcscripts/|" -i "${ED}"/etc/init.d/* || die Although no character is absolutely safe when dealing with filenames, I think a vertical bar is sufficiently unlikely that no one will stumble across it by accident. A system with the standard LIBDIR_amd64 is not affected.
Fixed in 2.02.93, not doing in the other versions or a revbump, as this is really weird setup you have.
Yes, it is weird (for now). It was inspired by an LWN article about multiarch work in Debian <http://lwn.net/Articles/482952/>. Skipping the revbump is fine, since I already have it fixed locally and explicit rebuilds are needed for conversion to this layout. I am happy not to carry such a trivial change long term.
