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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] adding app-crypt/gentoo-keys to @system
Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2019 04:04:41
Message-Id: 3ba59280-4d42-bf10-6127-6269308fc902@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] adding app-crypt/gentoo-keys to @system by Matthew Thode
1 On 2/19/19 10:23 PM, Matthew Thode wrote:
2 > As the title says, I think this should be done.
3 >
4 > First sync is impossible to verify without keys (webrsync)
5 > app-crypt/gentoo-keys has no dependencies, which help avoid some bloat
6 > in the base install.
7 >
8 > Let the bikeshedding begin.
9 >
10
11 I don't have app-crypt/gentoo-keys installed. I seem to be doing okay
12 without it.
13
14 In any case, on principle, we shouldn't add anything else to @system. No
15 one agrees on how we should treat @system packages as far as
16 dependencies go, and the whole idea is a stinky pile of dirty laundry
17 that we should work to make explicit instead.
18
19 What problem would this solve? (Is adding gentoo-keys to @system the
20 least bad way to solve it?)

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Re: [gentoo-dev] adding app-crypt/gentoo-keys to @system Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@g.o>