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On Fri, 30 Mar 2007 22:41:47 +0200 |
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Michael Krelin <gentoodoo@××××××.net> wrote: |
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> > It depends upon the degree to which one specifies 'sendmail |
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> > compatibility'. Does it mean "shares some of the same commandline |
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> > options" or "shares exactly the same configuration file format and |
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> > all bugs and produces identical output"? |
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> I think Mike mentioned compatiblebinaries. Not sure if he implied |
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> identical output, but compatible command line would be nice. I don't |
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> think it's a huge obstacle for paludis, though. |
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If it's just an issue of command line, then it's not an issue at all. |
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Even configuration support isn't a major problem (Paludis trunk has |
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highly experimental and highly buggy partial Portage config reading |
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support). The question is whether scripts that, say, parse emerge -pv |
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output have to carry on working. |
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Ciaran McCreesh |
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