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Roy Marples wrote: |
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> Some packages provide both a client and a server. As such, users usually only |
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> want one or the other - and rarely both. |
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> A good candidate is net-misc/dhcp as it installs a DHCP client and server. |
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> Which makes no sense really, so I'd like to put some USE flags here to show |
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> what I want, or not want to build. |
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> A quick scan through the use flags show no real consistency, so here's what I |
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> propose |
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> USE client server |
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> client - just build the client - duh |
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> server - just build the server - duh |
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> client and server OR neither then build both. |
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> Other packages to possably beneift |
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> udhcp |
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> mldonkey |
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> samhain |
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> bacula |
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> boxbackup |
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> Interestingly, many packages have a server USE flag but not a client one - |
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> maybe make both a global USE flag? |
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> Good idea? Bad idea? Thoughts? |
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My thought is wait until portage-2.2_alpha where we will have default |
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USE flags. Then I can see putting client/server flags up and having |
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both be default, letting the user turn off clients and servers in |
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/etc/portage/package.use. |
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> Thanks |
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