Re: [gentoo-dev] Detecting Baselayout2/OpenRC from init.d scripts (summary of debate and plans from bug 270646)

[Roy Marples]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Monday 08 June 2009 06:12:04 Roy Marples wrote:
>> Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> On Sunday 07 June 2009 15:59:50 Robin H. Johnson wrote:
>>>> 1. OpenRC will provide /libexec/rc/version, a text file containing the
>>>>    version (possible including a git ID) of the release.
>>> that requires us to actually utilize /libexec/ which is not a Linux
>>> convention on any system ive ever seen.
>> OpenRC works on systems other than Linux and uses the best hierarchy it
>> can to match them all.
>
> i know why you use it, but that doesnt mean Gentoo (Linux) should

rhetorical:
Should Gentoo (FreeBSD)?
Also, should Gentoo (Linux) never break with tradition even if 
somethings are better elsewhere?

Note, I'm not pushing for Gentoo to use /libexec at all, but you'll have 
to move the version file in the ebuild as it just won't work when you 
pass LIBEXECDIR=/lib/rc to the make targets.

Thanks

Roy