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From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Half of the firmware packages in tree install to wrong directory
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 04:21:09
Message-Id: CAFWqQMQKO9sLxdzeCzWwgaGpdmkOatH==31E=2d-zi3fup1YBQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Half of the firmware packages in tree install to wrong directory by Samuli Suominen
1 On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 11:53 AM, Samuli Suominen <ssuominen@g.o> wrote:
2 > Any objections if I slap a generic package.mask on every firmware package
3 > installing to wrong directory?
4 > Half of them install to /$(get_libdir)/firmware as opposed to correct
5 > /lib/firmware.
6 > Most of them are maintainer-needed@ and very old.
7 >
8 > Then intrested parties get to fix what they want and unmask?
9 >
10 > - Samuli
11 >
12
13 Whatever is correct and sticks should have a pkgmove added so that
14 users don't have long lasting issues.
15
16 --
17 Doug Goldstein