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Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:48:25 -0700 Donnie Berkholz |
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> <spyderous@g.o> wrote: |
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> | Tom Martin wrote: |
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> | | Hi list, |
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> | | Bug 97447 wants a logrotate USE flag, which is used by about five |
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> | | packages locally. Unless there are any objections, I'll globalify it |
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> | | later today. |
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> | I think this flag is a bad idea. Why should I have to recompile a |
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> | package to get some files that go in /etc? Either install them |
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> | unconditionally or don't install them at all. |
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> Files in /etc are expensive in terms of sysadmin time. The only things |
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> in /etc should be things that are both necessary and likely to be |
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> modified by a sysadmin. |
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And who makes that call, shouldn't the sysadmin decide what is necessary |
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in /etc and what is not? Why shouldn't portage just install stuff in |
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/etc and let the sysadmin figure out what needs to be there via |
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INSTALL_MASK? |
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