Re: [oe-core][PATCH] systemd: fix unmerged-bin tainted message

[Randolph Sapp <rs@ti.com>]

On Thu Apr 9, 2026 at 2:49 AM CDT, Peter Kjellerstedt wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org <openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org> On Behalf Of Jörg Sommer via lists.openembedded.org
>> Sent: den 9 april 2026 06:31
>> To: rs@ti.com
>> Cc: richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org; ross.burton@arm.com; mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com; openembedded-core@lists.openembedded.org
>> Subject: Re: [oe-core][PATCH] systemd: fix unmerged-bin tainted message
>> 
>> Randolph Sapp via lists.openembedded.org schrieb am Mi 08. Apr, 14:50 (-0500):
>> > diff --git a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
>> > index 84450386d9..29301534d2 100644
>> > --- a/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
>> > +++ b/meta/conf/bitbake.conf
>> > @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ root_prefix = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'usrmerge', '${exec_prefi
>> >
>> >  # Base paths
>> >  export base_bindir = "${root_prefix}/bin"
>> > -export base_sbindir = "${root_prefix}/sbin"
>> > +export base_sbindir = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'usrmerge', '${root_prefix}/bin', '${root_prefix}/sbin', d)}"
>> 
>> Maybe:
>> 
>> export base_sbindir = "${root_prefix}/${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'usrmerge', 'bin', 'sbin', d)}"
>> 
>> or
>> 
>> export base_sbindir = "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'usrmerge', '${base_bindir}', '${root_prefix}/sbin', d)}"
>
> This one. For the unlikely case that someone modifies base_bindir.
>

Fair enough. Any other comments about Richards proposal to remove the usrmerge
distro feature and merge that into the systemd distro feature?

I personally think that a non-systemd environment could still benefit from
mimicking a filesystem structure most distros currently ship, but that's just
me.