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On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 02:38, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:36:05 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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>> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 02:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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>> > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:07:52 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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>> >> /etc/init.d/functions.sh has existed for the last decade, and was |
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>> >> long ago decided as the canonical public entry point for scripts |
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>> >> external to baselayout (as opposed to a path in /sbin/). it isnt |
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>> >> going anywhere, and painting it as something in flux at this point |
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>> >> is disingenuous. |
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>> > Is it documented and specified? If not, can it be? |
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>> the file path ? or the API that it provides ? |
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> Both. There's code in Paludis that duplicates a bunch of that stuff |
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> simply because I wasn't sure what I could and couldn't rely upon. |
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the file should provide the classic e* output funcs that we've all |
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grown to love, and are now enshrined in PMS. it has had other |
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functions come and go over the years, but i think things have settled |
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on just the output helpers. was there anything other than the output |
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helpers you were interested in ? |
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i'm not sure where this could be documented other than openrc itself. |
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but if that appeases people, then that should be trivial to take care |
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of. |
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-mike |
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