From f2362cc277023550b2482215b4a1cd7142639427 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: William Hubbs <w.d.hubbs@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 15:22:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] build: add split-usr option

---
 meson.build       | 12 +++++++++---
 meson_options.txt |  3 +++
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dc169b5d..75c225a2 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -66,10 +66,16 @@ else
   pkg_prefix = option_pkg_prefix
 endif
 
-rootprefix = get_option('rootprefix')
-if rootprefix == ''
-  rootprefix = '/'
+if get_option('split-usr') == 'auto'
+  split_usr = run_command('test', '-L', '/bin').returncode() != 0
+else
+  split_usr = get_option('split-usr') == 'true'
 endif
+
+rootprefix_default = split_usr ? '/' : '/usr'A
+rootprefix_path = get_option('rootprefix')
+rootprefix = rootprefix_path != '' ? rootprefix_path : rootprefix_default
+
 bindir = rootprefix / get_option('bindir')
 libdir = rootprefix / get_option('libdir')
 libexecdir = rootprefix / get_option('libexecdir')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index ce1b8dda..cd922a21 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ option('selinux', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
   description : 'enable SELinux support')
 option('shell', type : 'string', value : '/bin/sh',
   description : 'Default posix compatible shell')
+option('split-usr', type : 'combo',
+  choices : ['auto', 'true', 'false'],
+  description : '''/bin, /sbin aren't symlinks into /usr''')
 option('sysvinit', type : 'boolean', value : false,
   description : 'enable SysVinit compatibility (linux only)')
 option('termcap', type : 'combo',