Re: [gentoo-dev] "cvspserver" local use flag for dev-util/cvs

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 13:51, Rainer Groesslinger wrote:
> This may indeed be a better solution but my plan was not to remove
> server support from the binary but just all the stuff specifically added
> by the ebuild, so someone could still run a server with his custom
> settings (and people already running a server won't need that stuff),
> but for all people except those who run a cvs pserver _and_ use the
> config supplied by the ebuild (including a new uid/gid etc.) it would
> just be a burden.
>
> The benefit of disabling server things in the binary is virtually zero
> IMHO, my point is about keeping the system more leightweight, so we
> don't force the user to have all that stuff.
>
> That bug you mentioned perhaps has a far bigger impact and may still
> need to have some things worked out, that's why I'd still like to have a
> cvspserver local use flag, at least temporary (if another [better]
> solution pops in later).
>
> It's not that I want to add the local flag by all means, personally I'd
> just say "it would be better".

Actually, I just thought of another solution.  You could simply move all
of the enewuser stuff to a pkg_config section and add a blurb to the
pkg_postinst that says something along the lines of: "If you're wanting
to run a cvs pserver, please run a /usr/sbin/ebuild /path/to/ebuild
config."

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Chris Gianelloni
Developer, Gentoo Linux
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