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From: "Michał Górny" <mgorny@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: should openrc be mandatory on all gentoo systems?
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:06:03
Message-Id: 20110629120557.5690e3c0@pomiocik.lan
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] rfc: should openrc be mandatory on all gentoo systems? by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 07:38:45 +0100
2 Ciaran McCreesh <ciaran.mccreesh@××××××××××.com> wrote:
3
4 > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:36:05 -0400
5 > Mike Frysinger <vapier@g.o> wrote:
6 > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 02:14, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
7 > > > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:07:52 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote:
8 > > >> /etc/init.d/functions.sh has existed for the last decade, and was
9 > > >> long ago decided as the canonical public entry point for scripts
10 > > >> external to baselayout (as opposed to a path in /sbin/).  it isnt
11 > > >> going anywhere, and painting it as something in flux at this
12 > > >> point is disingenuous.
13 > > >
14 > > > Is it documented and specified? If not, can it be?
15 > >
16 > > the file path ? or the API that it provides ?
17 >
18 > Both. There's code in Paludis that duplicates a bunch of that stuff
19 > simply because I wasn't sure what I could and couldn't rely upon.
20
21 I'm not sure if it is a good idea to source a script mangling PATH
22 there.
23
24 --
25 Best regards,
26 Michał Górny

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