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    package/skeleton: ensure custom skeleton uses merged /usr if needed · 08fc0a47
    Yann E. MORIN authored
    When using systemd, the policy in Buildroot is to use a merged /usr
    (see c5bd8af6
    
    , "system: add options for /bin /sbin and /lib to be
    symlinks into /usr" for more info). So, we apply a few tricks in some
    packages to account for the merged /usr case.
    
    However, when using a custom skeleton, we have no say in how that
    skeleton is organised, so it may well have a split /usr. In that case,
    our little tricks might not work as expected.
    
    So, when the user uses a custom skeleton and wants systemd as an init
    system, we must check that the custom skeleton is setup with a merged
    /usr.
    
    We do that by checking that each pair of {/lib,/usr/lib} {/bin,/usr/bin}
    and {/sbin,/usr/sbin} have the same inode numbers, i.e. /lib must have
    the same inode number as /usr/lib (and so on...). When a pair does not
    share the same inode number, this is not a merged /usr and we abort.
    
    We implement that check with make constructs, so it is done very early
    in the build process, and we can abort early if need be.
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatar"Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
    Cc: Maxime Hadjinlian <maxime.hadjinlian@gmail.com>
    Cc: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@uclibc.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPeter Korsgaard <peter@korsgaard.com>
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