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From: "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o>
To: gentoo-catalyst@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] files/catalyst.conf: Document linking issues with binary packages
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:08:48
Message-Id: 51683217.3070805@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-catalyst] [PATCH] files/catalyst.conf: Document linking issues with binary packages by "W. Trevor King"
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4 On 04/12/2013 11:33 AM, W. Trevor King wrote:
5 > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:21:01AM -0400, Rick "Zero_Chaos" Farina wrote:
6 >> On 04/12/2013 11:12 AM, W. Trevor King wrote:
7 >>> This commit adds a warning in the pkgcache documentation that should
8 >>> help people understand what might be going wrong if they see similar
9 >>> linking errors. For more details, see the thread following
10 >>> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.catalyst/2137/focus=2193
11 >>
12 >> NACK. Personally I love this idea but I'm really against having a link
13 >> to a ML discussion, no one is going to quit configuring catalyst in the
14 >> middle to read a ML discussion...
15 >
16 > Well, that's the commit message, but…
17 >
18 Yeah sorry, a bit distracted, I meant to protest on the below section
19 >>> diff --git a/files/catalyst.conf b/files/catalyst.conf
20 >>> index b74c546..e285e4f 100644
21 >>> --- a/files/catalyst.conf
22 >>> +++ b/files/catalyst.conf
23 >>> @@ -58,7 +58,11 @@ hash_function="crc32"
24 >>> # kerncache = keeps a tbz2 of your built kernel and modules (useful if your
25 >>> # build stops in livecd-stage2)
26 >>> # pkgcache = keeps a tbz2 of every built package (useful if your build stops
27 >>> -# prematurely)
28 >>> +# prematurely. However, you may see linking problems if the binary
29 >>> +# package was built against an older version of a runtime dependency
30 >>> +# and the package in question is not using EAPI5's sub-slots. For
31 >>> +# further discussion, see
32 >>> +# http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.catalyst/2224)
33 >>> # seedcache = use the build output of a previous target if it exists to speed up
34 >>> # the copy
35 >>> # snapcache = cache the snapshot so that it can be bind-mounted into the chroot.
36 >
37 > Here I link to the ML from the config file ;). I'm fine linking
38 > somewhere else (doc/catalyst-conf.1.txt?). Then config file comments
39 > could move to the new man page (as spec file comments moved to their
40 > own man page). With more space, we can wax eloquent on the potential
41 > pkgcache issues ;).
42
43 Yeah, but more reading is not necessarily more better. It is likely
44 better if we explain it briefly and not worry about 100% of the details.
45 the config file isn't meant for long discussions, it's meant for short
46 recommendations and warnings about features at most.
47
48 - -ZC
49 >
50 > Cheers,
51 > Trevor
52 >
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