Summary: | sys-apps/sysvinit: please split non-strictly sysvinit-related tools out of it | ||
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Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | Michał Górny <mgorny> |
Component: | [OLD] Core system | Assignee: | Gentoo's Team for Core System packages <base-system> |
Status: | RESOLVED UPSTREAM | ||
Severity: | enhancement | CC: | alexander, caneko, jcallen, kirelagin, maggu2810, peter.saaf, systemd |
Priority: | Normal | ||
Version: | unspecified | ||
Hardware: | All | ||
OS: | Linux | ||
Whiteboard: | |||
Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
Bug Depends on: | |||
Bug Blocks: | 430876, 430912 |
Description
Michał Górny
2012-01-21 15:10:06 UTC
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. |