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On 02/16/04 Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: |
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> I agree more options are needed, but i think a minimal set of defaults |
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> that user can't change is a good thing (there is no point to change |
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> most of options that are currently default in fact). Also, options |
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> like verbosity and progress meter make more sense when controlled on |
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> command line using -v/-q and --nospinner from emerge than in a |
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> configuration file. So imho, RSYNC_OPTIONS should more be called |
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> RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTIONS, with default well documented so that we know what |
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> are options really left to customization. |
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> Another approach would be to have an /etc/portage/rsync.conf with |
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> detailed option like the ones currently in make.conf, but more |
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> numerous. This would ensure that only non-default options are modified |
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> by user, and would solve the transition problem (because new config |
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> files are always merged whereas make.conf updates are often ignored). |
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> Or does this sound too "make.conf.d-ish"? |
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One reason why I asked this is because I'm working on `emerge --sync` |
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support for overlays and using RSYNC_OPTIONS (or RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTIONS) |
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would make that a lot easier to implement different options for |
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different trees. |
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Marius |
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