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On Monday 08 June 2009 06:35:37 Roy Marples wrote: |
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> Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> > On Monday 08 June 2009 06:12:04 Roy Marples wrote: |
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> >> Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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> >>> On Sunday 07 June 2009 15:59:50 Robin H. Johnson wrote: |
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> >>>> 1. OpenRC will provide /libexec/rc/version, a text file containing the |
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> >>>> version (possible including a git ID) of the release. |
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> >>> that requires us to actually utilize /libexec/ which is not a Linux |
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> >>> convention on any system ive ever seen. |
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> >> |
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> >> OpenRC works on systems other than Linux and uses the best hierarchy it |
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> >> can to match them all. |
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> > i know why you use it, but that doesnt mean Gentoo (Linux) should |
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> rhetorical: |
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> Should Gentoo (FreeBSD)? |
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that's for the Gentoo/BSD team to decide |
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> Also, should Gentoo (Linux) never break with tradition even if |
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> somethings are better elsewhere? |
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no, there is no "innovation" here nor any incentive to do so. i also |
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personally dont believe in /usr/libexec/, so i'm not going to randomly be |
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convinced by /libexec/ in the meantime. |
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> Note, I'm not pushing for Gentoo to use /libexec at all, but you'll have |
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> to move the version file in the ebuild as it just won't work when you |
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> pass LIBEXECDIR=/lib/rc to the make targets. |
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if the make system doesnt have a way of controlling the root libexecdir path, |
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sounds like the make system is limited and/or broken and in need of fixing |
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-mike |
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