1 |
I agree with the reasoning behind this (meaning I think this is a right way to |
2 |
do it). |
3 |
However IMHO in order to stop complaint from both sides, this should probably |
4 |
be documented. Just a note in isntall instructions should suffice.. |
5 |
(There are some related notes at the moment, but not exactly about that. And |
6 |
yes, it is quite apperent from the script itself, but how many people |
7 |
actually read it?) |
8 |
|
9 |
George |
10 |
|
11 |
|
12 |
On Sunday 16 March 2003 11:08, Jon Portnoy wrote: |
13 |
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 04:03:01PM -0300, Felipe Ghellar wrote: |
14 |
> > Jon Portnoy wrote: |
15 |
> > >On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:22:26AM +0100, Per Wigren wrote: |
16 |
> > >>During the installation I set ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" in /etc/make.conf, |
17 |
> > >>but when running bootstrap.sh it gets ignored.. |
18 |
> > > |
19 |
> > >This is not a bug, this is a feature. :-) |
20 |
> > |
21 |
> > Ignoring the user settings is not a feature, it's a bug. Especially in a |
22 |
> > meta-distribution, where the system should be built just the way the |
23 |
> > _user_ wants it (in contrast with the way the _developers_ want it). |
24 |
> > |
25 |
> > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11374 |
26 |
> > |
27 |
> > Felipe Ghellar |
28 |
> > |
29 |
> > |
30 |
> > -- |
31 |
> |
32 |
> It doesn't ignore what the user wants. It just doesn't look where you |
33 |
> think it should. |
34 |
> |
35 |
> If someone really wants to use newer packages to bootstrap, they can |
36 |
> edit the packages file in their profile. Otherwise things can |
37 |
> potentially break and we get more bug reports. |
38 |
> |
39 |
> I actually believe that the package versions in the profile should |
40 |
> probably be upped because it's somewhat outdated. However, if you want |
41 |
> to tune your settings for bootstrap, do it in places other than |
42 |
> make.conf and don't file bug reports if something breaks in the process. |
43 |
> |
44 |
> Users can do anything they want in make.conf after bootstapping. |
45 |
> |
46 |
> If someone has a special need to use newer packages during bootstrap, |
47 |
> they can edit profiles/<profile>/packages. |
48 |
|
49 |
|
50 |
-- |
51 |
gentoo-dev@g.o mailing list |