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On Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:24:58 +0200 |
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Krzysztof Pawlik <nelchael@g.o> wrote: |
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> On 30/04/12 08:57, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> > Hello, |
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> > |
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> > Since lately Gentoo devs force you to replace collision-protect with |
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> > protect-owned [1] and sometimes packages just spit out files |
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> > randomly on the filesystem due to random errors, I thought it may |
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> > be a good idea to provide a new feature limiting the locations |
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> > where packages can install. |
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> You're not forced to do anything. |
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I am not? How come random ebuilds die in pkg_pretend() for me then? |
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> > In order to do that, we should first compose a complete |
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> > include/exclude list where packages can install. I'd suggest the |
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> > following: |
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> > |
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> > + /bin |
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> > + /boot (but maybe just subdirectories so packages can't overwrite |
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> > kernels?) |
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> > [potentially + /dev? but that's useful only when tmpfs isn't |
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> > mounted] |
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> > + /etc |
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> > + /lib, /lib32, /lib64 |
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> > + /opt |
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> > + /sbin |
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> > [potentially + /service for ugly daemontools] |
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> > + /usr |
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> > + /var |
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> > - /usr/local |
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> > - /usr/portage |
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> > |
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> > What are your thoughts on this? |
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> > |
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> > [1]:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410691#c4 |
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> I think it's feature creep - you can just set INSTALL_MASK="/usr/local |
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> /usr/portage", no need for new features. |
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> PS. I (and few other folks) don't have /usr/portage. |
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INSTALL_MASK won't make committing such an ebuild a fatal error. It |
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will just hide problems. |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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