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From: Jason Rhinelander <jason@××××××××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system???
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 00:06:40
Message-Id: 415C9F8D.40700@gossamer-threads.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system??? by Ciaran McCreesh
1 Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:51:20 -0700 Jason Rhinelander
3 > | it is really such a concern, wouldn't it be sufficient to add a 'dhcp'
4 > | USE flag to baselayout? If set, it could simply add
5 > | virtual/dhcp-client to RDEPEND.
6 >
7 > Yuck. I'm not a fan of USE flags which just pull in deps if they don't
8 > alter what's actually installed. Now, if the dhcp code in baselayout was
9 > optional (which it isn't and shouldn't be), a USE flag would make sense,
10 > but for just pulling in another package? Bleh...
11 >
12
13 Oh, I agree, but do you see a better solution?
14
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