[OE-core] [PATCH 2/2] tzdata: install /etc/localtime alongside /etc/timezone

[Burton, Ross]

On 29 August 2012 20:12, Phil Blundell <philb at gnu.org> wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-08-29 at 18:31 +0100, Burton, Ross wrote:
>> Sounds like a lot of extra work when the choice is fairly clear.
>> Either we don't support split file systems and mandate initramfs for
>> network boots, or we do our best to support it.  With a decision on
>> that the choice of cp vs ln is obvious.
>
> Even if the TSC decides that OE-core ought still to offer the option of
> split /usr, that doesn't necessarily mean that all distros will want to
> take the option up.  Ideally folks who don't want/need a separate /usr
> would be able to get a symlink rather than a copy.

Sounds like they'll need to write a tool to run after every package
operation and hunt out symlinks in /etc (and other top-levels) to
files in /usr and turn those into copies.  Anything attempted on a
per-package level will fail.

Ross