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On 04-01-2012 16:37:34 +0100, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > And this part was not about the movement to /usr at all, so why do you |
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> > suggest another movement here? And while you answer that, please also |
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> > tell us, why you want to migrate packages to a different install |
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> > location without a need. |
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> Because we need to finally be able to fix mistakes made in the past |
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> by other people. |
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What mistakes? |
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> > They install and work fine, so just keep it this way. I did not see |
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> > any argument to move packages around, that work well and have no |
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> > issue with their current install location. |
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> What if, say, upstream introduces pkg-config file where our hacks will |
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> cause it to be installed into /lib/pkgconfig? Should we then expand |
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> the hack to cover that, and something else, and then another thing... |
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Highly unlikely, but if it happens, easy to fix, so not really a |
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convincing issue. |
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Fabian Groffen |
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Gentoo on a different level |
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