From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBC52E63F31 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:51:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtpout-04.galae.net (smtpout-04.galae.net [185.171.202.116]) by mx.groups.io with SMTP id smtpd.msgproc02-g2.14592.1771224716217014070 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2026 22:51:56 -0800 Authentication-Results: mx.groups.io; dkim=pass header.i=@bootlin.com header.s=dkim header.b=a89WhUh4; spf=pass (domain: bootlin.com, ip: 185.171.202.116, mailfrom: mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com) Received: from smtpout-01.galae.net (smtpout-01.galae.net [212.83.139.233]) by smtpout-04.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D1F0BC17B47 for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:52:04 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.galae.net (mail.galae.net [212.83.136.155]) by smtpout-01.galae.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E7FCB606CF; Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:51:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Mailerdaemon) with ESMTPSA id 0CD95102F1D2B; Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:51:52 +0100 (CET) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=bootlin.com; s=dkim; t=1771224713; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:references; bh=Po4I0Ccwjnu+AyGc7zW7Gx9CAGQxS9c+18LR8f6WFnY=; b=a89WhUh4WPCMYxwNBi+KeFLqjIkL8Aq3mg+546ZX6Uj06koidj2Aaijap8zlqeYJVh4Iby scr8irzGyI3qEM5VgFsVPWUA941gOmI/4D9Px0wJYBB3Brk9RMdqvuf6+V0VWZcRTaMTsk KjqOhdTn7IpAFQTjVSugJ6xzp3+wgjUTchxloEq0xikQaRicBZsPLNOqobb0w6oMNUyYsH +HxVZ9zSh/tJh1CmFgWpFIbjJ5efuyDTAoSiVW5WWsNNbhVMimmhTq+b/29IGYTId9xcnk 0qVoypOL7juUQFvGvDnyNkJKvaJGTQ5u8L/kPJPveMMIxIkIeycW2WwiKgcA/g== Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2026 07:51:52 +0100 Message-Id: Subject: Re: [OE-core] [PATCH] systemd: Stop supporting sysvinit compatibility From: "Mathieu Dubois-Briand" To: "Richard Purdie" , X-Mailer: aerc 0.19.0-0-gadd9e15e475d References: <20260213175618.1801591-1-richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> <1671a6263c305f54398e74a0a826387f343bbe34.camel@linuxfoundation.org> In-Reply-To: <1671a6263c305f54398e74a0a826387f343bbe34.camel@linuxfoundation.org> X-Last-TLS-Session-Version: TLSv1.3 List-Id: X-Webhook-Received: from 45-33-107-173.ip.linodeusercontent.com [45.33.107.173] by aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org with HTTPS for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:51:59 -0000 X-Groupsio-URL: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/231181 On Sun Feb 15, 2026 at 6:03 PM CET, Richard Purdie wrote: > Hi Mattieu, > > On Sun, 2026-02-15 at 17:32 +0100, Mathieu Dubois-Briand wrote: >> On Fri Feb 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM CET, Richard Purdie via lists.openembedde= d.org wrote: >> > Systemd has worked with sysvinit compatibility but upstream plans to r= emove >> > this and hence we will no longer be able to support it. We need to rem= ove this >> > before the LTS since the support will certainly not be there for the l= ifetime >> > of the LTS. >> >=20 >> > This patch disables that usage mode and removes some of the compatibil= ity logic. >> > There is more that can be removed, this is meant just to signal to peo= ple it is >> > no longer supported and start that process. Further cleanup can be mad= e over time >> > in later commits. >> >=20 >> > Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie >>=20 >> I suspect we also want to remove the "Systemd with sysvinit compat" and >> "Sysvinit with systemd" steps from qa-extras2: >>=20 >> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/26/builds/3165 >> https://git.yoctoproject.org/yocto-autobuilder-helper/tree/config.json#n= 1562 > > Yes, that is on my todo list! I knew we had a few tests to remove, I > think that is the only one I haven't patched yet. Thankfully an easy > tweak for a change. > > Cheers, > > Richard Just in case: I also noted following selftests: bbclasses.Systemd.test_systemd_and_sysvinit_in_distro overlayfs.OverlayFSTests.test_not_all_units_installed overlayfs.OverlayFSTests.test_not_all_units_installed_but_qa_skipped Thanks, Mathieu --=20 Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering https://bootlin.com