Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: systemd-devel-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org [mailto:systemd- > devel-boun...@lists.freedesktop.org] On Behalf Of Simon McVittie > Sent: den 4 mars 2014 12:56 > To: systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > Subject: Re: [systemd-devel] [PATCH] Fix systemd-stdio-bridge symlink > > On 04/03/14 11:00, Umut Tezduyar wrote: > > Stable version of some distros (Debian Wheezy nor Ubuntu LTS 12.04) > > still don't have support for this. > > Does that actually matter much? This ln usage is at build time, not install > time, > and those stable versions aren't going to upgrade to a current systemd, > because avoiding non-minimal upgrades is the whole point of stable distro > releases.
As you have stated, it matters for build time and we have build machines not running the latest and greatest SW. I wouldn't be surprised if we are not alone. > > The development versions of Debian and Ubuntu, where a newer systemd > will be introduced and compiled, already have recent coreutils and a > somewhat recent systemd. > > Having said that, for the packaged systemd on Debian and Ubuntu it's > irrelevant whether these symlinks are relative or absolute, because dh_link > will adjust them after installation to be in the form Debian Policy says they > should be (absolute if symlink and target are in different top-level > directories > like /lib and /usr, relative if they are in the same top-level directory). > > The situation that *does* matter on infrequently-released distributions > (Debian stable, Ubuntu LTS, RHEL, SLED, etc.) is the upgrade from one stable > release to the next; being able to install "most" packages from release n on > release n-1, usually lowest-level/most-depended-on first, is desirable to > avoid dependency loops (can't upgrade to the new pkgA without the new > pkgB, can't upgrade to the new pkgB without the new pkgA, no way to > proceed). > > S > > _______________________________________________ > systemd-devel mailing list > systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org > http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel _______________________________________________ systemd-devel mailing list systemd-devel@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
