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Subject: Re: [PATCH kmod v4 4/4] libkmod, depmod, modprobe: Make directory
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On Tuesday 2023-07-18 14:27, Michal Suchánek wrote:
>> >
>> >That breaks kmod for the usrmerged distributions, though.
>> 
>> Does it though?
>> The *distro* has /lib -> /usr/lib,
>> the *staging area* for installation does not.
>
>Yes, currently the fully installed distribution has the symlink, at
>least openSUSE does.
>
>However, there is a goal to remove it eventually, and even now it is not
>present at all times.

The ELF interpreter /lib/ld-linux.so.2 is hardcoded everywhere.

Making /lib a directory again and bindmounting/symlinking
all the ELF interpreters, that seems to entail a bit more work
than just leaving /lib as a symlink.