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On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 00:04, Ajai Khattri wrote: |
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> Let's say I have an ebuild that uses mysql. Somewhere is a place for you |
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> to specify the host, db name, username and password for MySQL during the |
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> build process. If I wanted to ask the user that info, then what is the |
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> standard way of doing that? (Or am I using the wrong paradigm?). |
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The best way is to allow run-time configuration in /etc files. |
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If you MUST specify these details at build time (and without knowing |
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exactly what is the application in question) - well, it's a braindamaged |
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application. IMHO, this should go in a portage enviornmental and the |
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ebuild should never be interactive. |
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Eldad |
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