inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd

From	Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd
Date	2024-04-10 13:10 +0200
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Hi,

On one machine, I have

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 35 2023-10-07 13:43:24 /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/dm-event.socket -> /lib/systemd/system/dm-event.socket

and on another one, I have

lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 39 2024-01-05 16:54:09 /etc/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/dm-event.socket -> /usr/lib/systemd/system/dm-event.socket

These symlinks were created at Debian installation time, and in
both cases, the dmeventd version is 2:1.02.196-1+b1.

Shouldn't the system ensure that symlinks are consistent on different
machines (even though the above symlinks are equivalent), for instance
to ease the comparison of configurations between machines?

For instance, shouldn't usr-is-merged convert the symlinks to a
canonical path?

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inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-04-10 13:10 +0200
  Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2024-04-10 16:20 +0200
    Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-04-11 04:10 +0200
      Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-04-11 19:50 +0200
        Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-04-12 21:10 +0200
      Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-04-11 07:10 +0200
  Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-04-10 16:30 +0200
  Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2024-04-10 21:00 +0200
    Re: inconsistency in the symlinks under /etc/systemd David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2024-04-12 21:10 +0200

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