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

[Randolph Sapp <rs@ti.com>]

On Thu Apr 9, 2026 at 1:18 PM CDT, Randolph Sapp via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> 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.

Also suppose I should apply this to all sbin related variables in this file to
keep everything consistent between the SDKs and the actual rootfs images.