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+# Copyright 1999-2017 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=6
+
+inherit eutils multilib versionator prefix
+
+DESCRIPTION="Filesystem baselayout and init scripts"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.gentoo.org/"
+
+if [[ ${PV} = 9999 ]]; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="https://anongit.gentoo.org/git/proj/${PN}.git"
+	inherit git-r3
+else
+	SRC_URI="https://gitweb.gentoo.org/proj/${PN}.git/snapshot/${P}.tar.bz2"
+	KEYWORDS="~alpha ~amd64 ~arm ~arm64 ~hppa ~ia64 ~m68k ~mips ~ppc ~ppc64 ~s390 ~sh ~sparc ~x86 ~amd64-fbsd ~sparc-fbsd ~x86-fbsd"
+fi
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="build kernel_linux"
+
+pkg_setup() {
+	multilib_layout
+}
+
+# Create our multilib dirs - the Makefile has no knowledge of this
+multilib_layout() {
+	local libdir libdirs=$(get_all_libdirs) def_libdir=$(get_abi_LIBDIR $DEFAULT_ABI)
+	: ${libdirs:=lib}	# it isn't that we don't trust multilib.eclass...
+
+	[ -z "${def_libdir}" ] && die "your DEFAULT_ABI=$DEFAULT_ABI appears to be invalid"
+
+	# figure out which paths should be symlinks and which should be directories
+	local dirs syms exp d
+	for libdir in ${libdirs} ; do
+		exp=( {,usr/,usr/local/}${libdir} )
+		for d in "${exp[@]}" ; do
+			# most things should be dirs
+			if [ "${SYMLINK_LIB}" = "yes" ] && [ "${libdir}" = "lib" ] ; then
+				[ ! -h "${d}" ] && [ -e "${d}" ] && dirs+=" ${d}"
+			else
+				[ -h "${d}" ] && syms+=" ${d}"
+			fi
+		done
+	done
+	if [ -n "${syms}${dirs}" ] ; then
+		ewarn "Your system profile has SYMLINK_LIB=${SYMLINK_LIB:-no}, so that means you need to"
+		ewarn "have these paths configured as follows:"
+		[ -n "${dirs}" ] && ewarn "symlinks to '${def_libdir}':${dirs}"
+		[ -n "${syms}" ] && ewarn "directories:${syms}"
+		ewarn "The ebuild will attempt to fix these, but only for trivial conversions."
+		ewarn "If things fail, you will need to manually create/move the directories."
+		echo
+	fi
+
+	# setup symlinks and dirs where we expect them to be; do not migrate
+	# data ... just fall over in that case.
+	local prefix
+	for prefix in "${EROOT}"{,usr/,usr/local/} ; do
+		if [ "${SYMLINK_LIB}" = yes ] ; then
+			# we need to make sure "lib" points to the native libdir
+			if [ -h "${prefix}lib" ] ; then
+				# it's already a symlink!  assume it's pointing to right place ...
+				continue
+			elif [ -d "${prefix}lib" ] ; then
+				# "lib" is a dir, so need to convert to a symlink
+				ewarn "Converting ${prefix}lib from a dir to a symlink"
+				rm -f "${prefix}lib"/.keep
+				if rmdir "${prefix}lib" 2>/dev/null ; then
+					ln -s ${def_libdir} "${prefix}lib" || die
+				else
+					die "non-empty dir found where we needed a symlink: ${prefix}lib"
+				fi
+			else
+				# nothing exists, so just set it up sanely
+				ewarn "Initializing ${prefix}lib as a symlink"
+				mkdir -p "${prefix}" || die
+				rm -f "${prefix}lib" || die
+				ln -s ${def_libdir} "${prefix}lib" || die
+				mkdir -p "${prefix}${def_libdir}" #423571
+			fi
+		else
+			# we need to make sure "lib" is a dir
+			if [ -h "${prefix}lib" ] ; then
+				# "lib" is a symlink, so need to convert to a dir
+				ewarn "Converting ${prefix}lib from a symlink to a dir"
+				rm -f "${prefix}lib" || die
+				if [ -d "${prefix}lib32" ] ; then
+					ewarn "Migrating ${prefix}lib32 to ${prefix}lib"
+					mv "${prefix}lib32" "${prefix}lib" || die
+				else
+					mkdir -p "${prefix}lib" || die
+				fi
+			elif [ -d "${prefix}lib" ] && ! has lib32 ${libdirs} ; then
+				# make sure the old "lib" ABI location does not exist; we
+				# only symlinked the lib dir on systems where we moved it
+				# to "lib32" ...
+				case ${CHOST} in
+				*-gentoo-freebsd*) ;; # We want it the other way on fbsd.
+				i?86*|x86_64*|powerpc*|sparc*|s390*)
+					if [ -d "${prefix}lib32" ] ; then
+						rm -f "${prefix}lib32"/.keep
+						if ! rmdir "${prefix}lib32" 2>/dev/null ; then
+							ewarn "You need to merge ${prefix}lib32 into ${prefix}lib"
+							die "non-empty dir found where there should be none: ${prefix}lib32"
+						fi
+					fi
+					;;
+				esac
+			else
+				# nothing exists, so just set it up sanely
+				ewarn "Initializing ${prefix}lib as a dir"
+				mkdir -p "${prefix}lib" || die
+			fi
+		fi
+	done
+}
+
+pkg_preinst() {
+	# Bug #217848 - Since the remap_dns_vars() called by pkg_preinst() of
+	# the baselayout-1.x ebuild copies all the real configs from the user's
+	# /etc/conf.d into ${D}, it makes them all appear to be the default
+	# versions. In order to protect them from being unmerged after this
+	# upgrade, modify their timestamps.
+	touch "${EROOT}"/etc/conf.d/* 2>/dev/null
+
+	# This is written in src_install (so it's in CONTENTS), but punt all
+	# pending updates to avoid user having to do etc-update (and make the
+	# pkg_postinst logic simpler).
+	rm -f "${EROOT}"/etc/._cfg????_gentoo-release
+
+	# We need to install directories and maybe some dev nodes when building
+	# stages, but they cannot be in CONTENTS.
+	# Also, we cannot reference $S as binpkg will break so we do this.
+	multilib_layout
+	if use build ; then
+		emake -C "${ED}/usr/share/${PN}" DESTDIR="${EROOT}" layout || die
+	fi
+	rm -f "${ED}"/usr/share/${PN}/Makefile
+}
+
+src_prepare() {
+	default
+	if use prefix; then
+		hprefixify -e "/EUID/s,0,${EUID}," -q '"' etc/profile
+		hprefixify etc/{env.d/50baselayout,shells} share.Linux/passwd
+		echo PATH=/usr/bin:/bin >> etc/env.d/99host
+		echo ROOTPATH=/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin >> etc/env.d/99host
+	fi
+
+	# handle multilib paths.  do it here because we want this behavior
+	# regardless of the C library that you're using.  we do explicitly
+	# list paths which the native ldconfig searches, but this isn't
+	# problematic as it doesn't change the resulting ld.so.cache or
+	# take longer to generate.  similarly, listing both the native
+	# path and the symlinked path doesn't change the resulting cache.
+	local libdir ldpaths
+	for libdir in $(get_all_libdirs) ; do
+		ldpaths+=":${EPREFIX}/${libdir}:${EPREFIX}/usr/${libdir}"
+		ldpaths+=":${EPREFIX}/usr/local/${libdir}"
+	done
+	echo "LDPATH='${ldpaths#:}'" >> etc/env.d/50baselayout
+
+	# rc-scripts version for testing of features that *should* be present
+	echo "Gentoo Base System release ${PV}" > etc/gentoo-release
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	emake \
+		OS=$(usex kernel_FreeBSD BSD Linux) \
+		DESTDIR="${ED}" \
+		install
+	dodoc ChangeLog
+
+	# need the makefile in pkg_preinst
+	insinto /usr/share/${PN}
+	doins Makefile
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	local x
+
+	# We installed some files to /usr/share/baselayout instead of /etc to stop
+	# (1) overwriting the user's settings
+	# (2) screwing things up when attempting to merge files
+	# (3) accidentally packaging up personal files with quickpkg
+	# If they don't exist then we install them
+	for x in master.passwd passwd shadow group fstab ; do
+		[ -e "${EROOT}etc/${x}" ] && continue
+		[ -e "${EROOT}usr/share/baselayout/${x}" ] || continue
+		cp -p "${EROOT}usr/share/baselayout/${x}" "${EROOT}"etc
+	done
+
+	# Force shadow permissions to not be world-readable #260993
+	for x in shadow ; do
+		[ -e "${EROOT}etc/${x}" ] && chmod o-rwx "${EROOT}etc/${x}"
+	done
+
+	# Take care of the etc-update for the user
+	if [ -e "${EROOT}"etc/._cfg0000_gentoo-release ] ; then
+		mv "${EROOT}"etc/._cfg0000_gentoo-release "${EROOT}"etc/gentoo-release
+	fi
+
+	# whine about users that lack passwords #193541
+	if [[ -e "${EROOT}"etc/shadow ]] ; then
+		local bad_users=$(sed -n '/^[^:]*::/s|^\([^:]*\)::.*|\1|p' "${EROOT}"/etc/shadow)
+		if [[ -n ${bad_users} ]] ; then
+			echo
+			ewarn "The following users lack passwords!"
+			ewarn ${bad_users}
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# baselayout leaves behind a lot of .keep files, so let's clean them up
+	find "${EROOT}"lib*/rcscripts/ -name .keep -exec rm -f {} + 2>/dev/null
+	find "${EROOT}"lib*/rcscripts/ -depth -type d -exec rmdir {} + 2>/dev/null
+
+	# whine about users with invalid shells #215698
+	if [[ -e "${EROOT}"etc/passwd ]] ; then
+		local bad_shells=$(awk -F: 'system("test -e " $7) { print $1 " - " $7}' "${EROOT}"etc/passwd | sort)
+		if [[ -n ${bad_shells} ]] ; then
+			echo
+			ewarn "The following users have non-existent shells!"
+			ewarn "${bad_shells}"
+		fi
+	fi
+
+	# https://bugs.gentoo.org/361349
+	if use kernel_linux; then
+		mkdir -p "${EROOT}"run
+
+		local found fstype mountpoint
+		while read -r _ mountpoint fstype _; do
+		[[ ${mountpoint} = /run ]] && [[ ${fstype} = tmpfs ]] && found=1
+		done < "${ROOT}"proc/mounts
+		[[ -z ${found} ]] &&
+			ewarn "You should reboot now to get /run mounted with tmpfs!"
+	fi
+
+	for x in ${REPLACING_VERSIONS}; do
+		if ! version_is_at_least 2.4 ${v}; then
+			ewarn "After updating ${EROOT}etc/profile, please run"
+			ewarn "env-update and . /etc/profile"
+			break
+		fi
+	done
+
+	if [[ -e "${EROOT}"etc/env.d/00basic ]]; then
+		ewarn "${EROOT}etc/env.d/00basic is now ${EROOT}etc/env.d/50baselayout"
+		ewarn "Please migrate your changes."
+	fi
+}