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From: "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Possibility of overriding user defined INSTALL_MASK from an ebuild?
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:44:10
Message-Id: 5332D9C2.6030206@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Possibility of overriding user defined INSTALL_MASK from an ebuild? by Samuli Suominen
1 On 03/26/2014 09:32 AM, Samuli Suominen wrote:
2 > On 22/03/14 08:13, Mike Frysinger wrote:
3 >> On Fri 28 Feb 2014 15:28:30 Samuli Suominen wrote:
4 >>> It would be very helpful if INSTALL_MASK could be overriden from an
5 >>> ebuild, if user hasn't set otherwise.
6 >> i don't see this happening as it makes no sense. you INSTALL_MASK something
7 >> dumb then that's your fault.
8 >> -mike
9 > agreed.
10 >
11 > honestly, I agreed the whole time -- was just trying to satisfy group of
12 > loud people, and now I have this ML thread I can point them to, which is
13 > enough
14 >
15
16 I'm with Mike here. Let's not complicate this option. If someone does
17 and INSTALL_MASK then they are doing it for a a reason and they should
18 know what they are doing.
19
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21 Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
22 Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened]
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