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Hi, |
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currently we have a lot of packages in the portage tree that provide |
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both server and client implementations of a package, big things like |
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mysql and samba but also small stuff like telnet-bsd. Often people don't |
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need the server part of these packages, but currently there is no way to |
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disable them. Some packages have splitted the package, but this is IMO |
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not a good idea in general, as often the ebuilds are the same except for |
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one or two commands. |
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So my idea (as well as others) is to add a new "server" USE flag that |
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controls wether the server part of a package is build. This idea is |
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outlined in more details on bug 12499, which also had the idea of a |
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"client" USE flag, so that it's possible to only build the libs or only |
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the server, however I think that such a flag will create more problems |
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than benefits (see the bug for explanations). |
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So, I'd like to get some opinions/comments from people on this idea, as |
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this is coming up about every month and there wasn't really any action |
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to solve this issue. |
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Marius |
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