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On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 16:14, Marius Mauch wrote: |
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> On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:04:29 +0200 |
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> Marius Mauch <genone@××××××.de> wrote: |
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> > Hi, |
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> > what's the reason for dhcpcd being in the system profile |
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> > (default-x86-1.4 at least, haven't checked the others)? If it's only |
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> > because it might be used in /etc/conf.d/net I think it should be |
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> > removed, as there are IMO many users who don't need/want dhcpcd on |
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> > their systems. I know there are a lot of people using dhcp for their |
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> > network config, but why should that impose it on people not using it |
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> > (e.g. I only need it on one of my three boxes)? |
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> > Of course if I miss something obvious here please correct me. |
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> Ok, it seems most people like dhcpcd being part of system. Then let me |
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> ask another question: Is there a way to get rid of packages in system |
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> that works with world upgrades without creating my own local profile? |
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> Making my own profile probably isn't difficult, but it needs to be |
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> maintained. And all I want is to get rid of 2 or 3 packages that I don't |
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> need/want to be installed. |
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> If there is no such way maybe it should be implemented, or is there a |
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> reason not to do it? |
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The most permanent way I can think of, without updating stubs or |
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injecting packages all the time, is to create a stub in your portage |
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overlay that is a version way bigger, say dhcpcd-10.0 and then |
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merge that ... |
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Cheers, |
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Martin Schlemmer |
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Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer |
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Cape Town, South Africa |
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