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Beso <givemesugarr@×××××.com> posted |
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d257c3560811230303g48cd3972mab017762f95ee51@××××××××××.com, excerpted |
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below, on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:03:36 +0000: |
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> non ability for binpkg of paludis |
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I've wondered about that. binpkg is a seriously used feature here, even |
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with just a single machine (well two now, but the second isn't running |
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Gentoo yet), as it plays a big part in both my backup and troubleshooting |
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routines. I've long argued that FEATURES=buildpkg is one of the most |
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undersold great features of portage, particularly since at its core it's |
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a simple bzip2ed tarball with a bit of extra data tacked on the end, so |
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it's easily worked with using virtually any *ix based archiver tools you |
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might prefer for exploration and/or extraction, emergency or otherwise. |
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But as I've always said, he who writes the code, calls the shots, and |
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those writing the paludis code obviously don't consider binpkgs that |
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important, so the feature has yet to be implemented. |
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Of course that has nothing to do with why I won't let it touch my system, |
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despite my extremely high respect for the devs' technical abilities. I'm |
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trying my best to stay nice here... |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |
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