Re: [PATCH] Revert "kmod: Use base_libdir for installing libkmod"

[Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>]

On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 13:54 -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 2:32 AM, Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net> wrote:
> > The commit breaks pkgconfig and after discussing it with the kmod and udev maintainers the conclusion was reached that putting the libraries in /lib instead of /usr/lib is not supported.
> >
> > This reverts commit 6b74f2461735272bd950a4f060dab6e778a36f92.
> 
> while this is what I had initially it doesn't go well with kmod living in
> /sbin and accessing libraries from /usr due to our QA checks although
> I am all for simplifying it where we don't make this check at all.

I've had requests for it along with a commitment to fix it and patches.
If we decide we don't want this, fine and that will be the case if
patches are not forthcoming to fix the QA issues. I don't think we've
reached that point at this with that yet.

I've decided to accept this patch and "unbreak" meta-oe/udev at the
expense of screwing up OE-Core. I am however still deeply unhappy people
are trying to bypass OE-Core this way and then "blackmail" OE-Core using
breaking meta-oe as a reason. The whole systemd thing has been badly
handled and needs to get fixed properly. I am trying not to make a big
thing about that although I do feel provoked on other issues and its
hard to resist replying in kind.

Cheers,

Richard