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On Sunday 02 October 2005 09:28 pm, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 20:48:27 -0400 Dave Nebinger <dnebinger@××××.com> |
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> wrote: |
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> | So yeah, things are pretty complicated due to the upstream build |
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> | system expectations. |
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> I suggest hitting upstream with a cluebat until they make a proper |
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> build system. |
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Their build system suits their purpose - distribute a LAMP-like system for the |
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foundation of their web application. I'm sure it will keep them from getting |
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distracted from questions like 'zimbra works for postfix 2.2 but breaks for |
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2.2.3'; they provide it all and to use it you're normally stuck with their |
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3rd party binaries at the version/patch level they give you. |
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So no matter how hard or how long I was going to hit them with the cluebat, |
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they're not going to bend. |
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Their distribution is structured as follows: |
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/opt/zimbra |
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/opt/zimbra/bin |
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/opt/zimbra/conf |
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... |
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/opt/zimbra/postfix |
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/opt/zimbra/postfix/bin |
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/opt/zimbra/postfix/etc |
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... |
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/opt/zimbra/tomcat |
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/opt/zimbra/tomcat/bin |
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/opt/zimbra/tomcat/conf |
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... |
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Yada yada yada. The alterations to get it to fit under a regular distribution |
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make the resulting ebuild pretty large. |
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All for the goal of extracting two web applications and some configuration |
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info. Go figure. |
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> | 2. Do I create a single eclass, i.e. zimbra.eclass, to represent an |
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> | eclass for a specific package or do I generate multiple eclasses |
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> | based upon functionality? |
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> Well... If it's really an eclass for a whole package, it may not be |
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> worth packaging the thing at all. |
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That's the rub. Create eclass(es) to make a single ebuild less complex, or |
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skip the eclasses and have a larger ebuild. |
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> | a /var/db/pkg query system, |
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> Yick! Bad bad bad idea. |
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Yeah, I know. But how else do you answer the question "Hey, Portage, where |
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did you really install that my.cnf file?" |
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Obviously the system admin is free to move the my.cnf file or even use a |
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different file/path altogether. But at least it would give me a starting |
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value to use at compile time... |
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