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On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 17:30, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:16:14 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 17:14, Michał Górny wrote: |
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>> > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:47:42 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: |
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>> >> On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 22:19:09 Michał Górny wrote: |
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>> >> > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:46:13 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: |
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>> >> > > Ok, the option that I'm looking at now is to set up openrc so |
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>> >> > > that the init scripts are optional and whether or not they are |
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>> >> > > installed is controlled by a use flag which I will default to |
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>> >> > > on in IUSE. Most people would leave this flag alone, but if |
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>> >> > > you want to use something like systemd and do not want the |
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>> >> > > init scripts or the /etc/runlevels directory on your system, |
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>> >> > > you would just re-emerge openrc with this flag disabled. |
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>> >> > > |
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>> >> > > For now this flag will just control init scripts installation, |
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>> >> > > but I will also look into taking it further and not installing |
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>> >> > > other parts of openrc, such as binaries, man pages, etc which |
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>> >> > > are only used if you are working on init scripts. |
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>> >> > |
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>> >> > Wouldn't it be better to just leave these people with |
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>> >> > INSTALL_MASK? USEflag means needless rebuilds just for the |
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>> >> > benefit of one file. |
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>> >> |
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>> >> so you're saying the solution for systemd users is to setup |
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>> >> INSTALL_MASK and we shouldnt worry about tweaking openrc at all ? |
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>> > |
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>> > Have you even heard the word called 'context'? It might be too short |
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>> > for your taste. |
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>> perhaps if you focused less on being snarky and more on the thread |
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>> content, you'd realize that the context here is "providing |
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>> /etc/init.d/functions.sh support for non-openrc users". that was the |
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>> point of William's e-mail that is at the start of this current |
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>> "context". |
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> And if you focused more on reading what others write, you'd realize |
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> that the whole citation here mentions only installing init.d scripts |
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> and /etc/runlevels? |
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umm, no. that's actually the opposite of what William said. the |
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ultimate direction is exactly as i described, and William is hashing |
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out different ways to get there. |
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so yes, focus less on snarky and more on contributing something useful. |
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-mike |
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