Re: [RFC][PATCH] systemd: Remove clearly incorrect musl patches

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>]

On Wed, Jun 19, 2019 at 12:59:05PM -0700, Khem Raj wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 14, 2019 at 4:44 AM Richard Purdie <
> richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 2019-06-14 at 10:29 +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > This removes clearly incorrect musl patches and marks
> > > systemd as incompatible with musl until these issues
> > > are fixed.
> > >
> > > The previous status quo where systemd was made compiling
> > > with patches that are known to introduce bugs and security
> > > vulnerabilities silently delivered a sub-standard package
> > > to users, this change makes it clear where work is needed
> > > to be done by people interested in systemd on musl.
> > >
> > > Patches that are merely questionable or not upstreamable
> > > are not touched.
> >
> > I'll be interested to see what others think of this, I can't imagine
> > this move being very popular...
> 
> There are real products using this combination

An OE-only combination neither upstream supports.

> And this is not a good message, eventually we want to either fix or stop
> supporting this but I think now is not the time

When is the time?

In a month?
Before the Yocto 2.8 branching?
After the Yocto 2.8 branching?

The best solution would be if someone would step up to properly maintain 
the systemd/musl combination, but usually such "either fix or stop" only
work with a clear deadline.

cu
Adrian

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