Re: [PATCH v2] bitbake.conf: Extend distro feature usrmerge to merge bin+sbin

["Mathieu Dubois-Briand" <mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com>]

On Mon Aug 24, 2026 at 11:53 AM CEST, Jörg Sommer wrote:
> Mathieu Dubois-Briand schrieb am Mo 24. Aug, 08:30 (+0200):
>> On Sat Aug 22, 2026 at 4:09 PM CEST, Jörg Sommer wrote:
>> > Mathieu Dubois-Briand schrieb am Sa 22. Aug, 14:16 (+0200):
>> >> On Sat Aug 22, 2026 at 9:56 AM CEST, Jörg Sommer wrote:
>> >> > Jörg Sommer schrieb am Fr 24. Jul, 11:00 (+0200):
>> >> >> From: Randolph Sapp <rs@ti.com>
>> >> >> 
>> >> >> The split of bin and sbin became more artificial over time, and it is no
>> >> >> longer clear why programmes goes into the one or the other directory; e.g.
>> >> >> forever normal users have used sendmail in /usr/sbin, and fdisk and mkfs
>> >> >> learned to operate on files to create images long ago.
>> >> >
>> >> > Gentle ping. What's the state of this?
>> >> >
>> >> 
>> >> Hi Jörg,
>> >> 
>> >> Previous builds showed some errors. Should it have evolve since that?
>> >
>> > Yes, I think so. The bootchart2 errors were addressed by 2bf18f9908, and the
>> > tcf-agent by 443f8c62ad.
>> 
>> Hi Jörg,
>> 
>> It looks like this is still failing, at least with alt distro:
>> 
>> ERROR: systemd-1_261.2-r0 do_package: QA Issue: systemd: Files/directories were installed but not shipped in any package:
>>   /usr/sbin
>>   /usr/sbin/poweroff
>>   /usr/sbin/mount.ddi
>>   /usr/sbin/init
>>   /usr/sbin/resolvconf
>>   /usr/sbin/mount.storage
>>   /usr/sbin/halt
>>   /usr/sbin/mount.mstack
>>   /usr/sbin/reboot
>>   /usr/sbin/shutdown
>> Please set FILES such that these items are packaged. Alternatively if they are unneeded, avoid installing them or delete them within do_install.
>> systemd: 10 installed and not shipped files. [installed-vs-shipped]
>> 
>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/20/builds/4407
>> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/9/builds/4430
>> 
>> Can you have a look at the issue?
>
> Thank you Mathieu for your testing. I built systemd 261.2 with poky-altcfg
> and had no errors. Can I find your branch mathieu/master-next somewhere?
>
>
> Regards, Jörg

You can find a tag in there:

https://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-ci-archive/tag/?h=oecore/autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/a-full-4555

Thanks,
Mathieu

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Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
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