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On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 03:40:23 -0800 |
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Brian Harring <ferringb@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On Mon, Mar 07, 2011 at 09:44:47AM +0100, Michaaa GGGrny wrote: |
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> > This should help with all the issues mentioned, including binpkg |
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> > support. Moreover, user could use the tool manually to restore/reset |
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> > filecaps if they were lost or unapplied (e.g. due to incorrect |
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> > kernel config). |
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> Every issue you've raised is addressable at the PM level- generally |
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> speaking, done better at the PM level. |
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> Basically... please fix the problem at the correct location. |
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> Capabilities, xattrs, etc, are not a temporary fad- they're |
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> increasingly a core requirement of a linux system (thus the PM that |
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> manages it). The place for this functionality is in the PM- more |
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> importantly, trying to do it outside of it just makes a bigger mess |
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> for PM/format authors when inevtiably it has to be pulled in. |
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Yes, you are completely right. PM should handle that, as well as it |
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can with current EAPIs, and even better with higher EAPI. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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