Re: /usr-merge and DEP17 update: what happens next and how you can help

2023-10-10 Thread Simon Richter
Hi, On 10/10/23 03:16, Helmut Grohne wrote: For one thing, dh_installsystemd generates maintainer scripts for restarting services. Before version 13.11.6, it did not recognize the /usr location. If you were to backport such a package, bookworm's debhelper would not generate the relevant

Re: /usr-merge and DEP17 update: what happens next and how you can help

2023-10-09 Thread Andrea Bolognani
On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 08:16:32PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 02:10:27PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > > Am I missing something? > > Yes, you are and what you are missing really is not obvious, so thanks > for asking! > > For one thing, dh_installsystemd generates

Re: /usr-merge and DEP17 update: what happens next and how you can help

2023-10-09 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi Andrea, On Mon, Oct 09, 2023 at 02:10:27PM +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > For libvirt, the upstream build system actually installs systemd > units under /usr/lib, and we move things around in debian/rules so > that they end up under /lib in the Debian package: > > SRV_MONOLITHIC =

Re: /usr-merge and DEP17 update: what happens next and how you can help

2023-10-09 Thread Sven Joachim
On 2023-10-09 14:10 +0200, Andrea Bolognani wrote: > For libvirt, the upstream build system actually installs systemd > units under /usr/lib, and we move things around in debian/rules so > that they end up under /lib in the Debian package: > > SRV_MONOLITHIC = libvirt-guests virtlogd virtlockd

Re: /usr-merge and DEP17 update: what happens next and how you can help

2023-10-09 Thread Andrea Bolognani
On Sun, Oct 08, 2023 at 10:25:44PM +0200, Helmut Grohne wrote: > * For many other cases, I propose leaving the upstream install layout >as is and performing the conversion using a new debhelper component >that will be called dh_movetousr > [...] > > * movetousr.ddlist lists packages

/usr-merge and DEP17 update: what happens next and how you can help

2023-10-08 Thread Helmut Grohne
Hi, Quite a bit has happened and we're more and more moving from discussion into action. I'd like to use this opportunity to thank all the invisible voices who've given me useful feedback. Your private messages, BoF feedback, and other forms have reached me even if I did not answer all of them