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From: Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: virtual/x11-lock
Date: Sun, 07 Aug 2011 22:01:45
Message-Id: 4E3F0B07.8070908@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: RFC: virtual/x11-lock by Samuli Suominen
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4 On 08/07/2011 10:38 PM, Samuli Suominen wrote:
5 > On 08/08/2011 12:33 AM, Markos Chandras wrote:
6 >> On 08/06/2011 08:34 PM, Markos Chandras wrote:
7 >>> - gpg control packet Hi,
8 >>
9 >>> Because of this bug[1] I would like to introduce a new virtual
10 >>> for all the X*lock packages. This will contain the following
11 >>> packages
12 >>
13 >>> 1) alock 2) slock 3) xlockmore
14 >>
15 >>> This will be maintained by the desktop-misc herd ( and maybe X11
16 >>> if you want to )
17 >>
18 >>> Unless there are any objections, I will create such a virtual
19 >>> and send it for review
20 >>
21 >>> [1] https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347729
22 >>
23 >>
24 >> Please review the attached ebuild
25 >>
26 >
27 > The virtual is useless without some wrapper script to execute any of
28 > the installed locks, since they have no other uniform command or
29 > syntax Perhaps even eselect module with the wrapper? But then why is
30 > this virtual, instead of just || ( ) list in the package that will
31 > install the wrapper?
32 >
33 > Seems like an overkill in anycase
34 >
35
36 I think you are right. Now that I think about this again it seems to me
37 that a virtual may not be the solution to the bug referred in the first
38 e-mail. It would be easier to just append all the optional dependencies
39
40 - --
41 Regards,
42 Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2
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