[OE-core] [PATCH 0/9] Fixes for a distro with a merged /usr

[Mark Hatle]

On 9/3/15 9:58 AM, Joshua Lock wrote:
> I've been playing around with building a distro with a merged /usr[1] and
> the following series fixes several issues I ran across in OE core metadata.

everything in '/' linked to '/usr/' or everything in '/usr/' linked down to '/'?

(I've seen both implementations... just curious which one you are trying.)

--Mark

> These have been build tested by building a core-image-sato image with
> ipk packaging for qemux86 with both a standard/default configuration and
> for my merged /usr test distro.
> 
> I used buildhistory to compare core-image-sato before and after this series
> and the only change is:
> 
> Changes to images/qemux86/glibc/core-image-sato (files-in-image.txt):
>   /bin/lsmod.kmod changed symlink target from ../bin/kmod to kmod
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joshua
> 
> 1. https://wiki.freedesktop.org/www/Software/systemd/TheCaseForTheUsrMerge/
> 
> The following changes since commit bdeb32b4cdbe316f17c2fd854d59e05e8f2e8ffc:
> 
>   rt-tests: drop unnecessary added-missing-dependencies.patch (2015-09-01 11:43:38 +0100)
> 
> are available in the git repository at:
> 
>   git://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core-contrib joshuagl/merged-usr
>   http://cgit.openembedded.org/cgit.cgi/openembedded-core-contrib/log/?h=joshuagl/merged-usr
> 
> Joshua Lock (9):
>   kmod: fix link creation when base_bindir != /bin
>   busybox: fixes for when base_bindir != /bin
>   systemd: remove hard-coded paths in FILES entries
>   alsa-utils: handle udev dir being 2 levels below /
>   pulseaudio: handle udev dir being 2 levels below /
>   bluez: handle udev dir being 2 levels below /
>   pcmciautils: handle udev dir being 2 levels below /
>   nfs-utils: don't force use of /sbin as sbindir
>   procps: fix for base_sbindir == sbindir
> 
>  meta/recipes-bsp/pcmciautils/pcmciautils_018.bb    |  4 +-
>  meta/recipes-connectivity/bluez5/bluez5.inc        |  1 +
>  .../nfs-utils/nfs-utils_1.3.1.bb                   |  8 ++++
>  meta/recipes-core/busybox/busybox.inc              | 49 ++++++++++++----------
>  meta/recipes-core/systemd/systemd_219.bb           | 10 ++---
>  meta/recipes-extended/procps/procps_3.3.10.bb      |  5 ++-
>  meta/recipes-kernel/kmod/kmod_git.bb               |  4 +-
>  meta/recipes-multimedia/alsa/alsa-utils_1.0.29.bb  |  2 +-
>  meta/recipes-multimedia/pulseaudio/pulseaudio.inc  |  2 +-
>  9 files changed, 49 insertions(+), 36 deletions(-)
>