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From: Bjarke Istrup Pedersen <gurligebis@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Having a seperate package for libiptc
Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:51:28
Message-Id: 49026D56.5030306@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Having a seperate package for libiptc by "Robin H. Johnson"
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4 Robin H. Johnson skrev:
5 | On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:52:40AM +0200, Bjarke Istrup Pedersen wrote:
6 |> What do you think - Should I add this library ebuild to the tree, or
7 |> should I just give up getting miniupnpd added to the tree, since there
8 |> is no alternative to using libiptc?
9 |> I already have an ebuild for it that compiles iptables, and just
10 |> installs the headers and library files, and my local tests shows that it
11 |> works fine here.
12 | Unless vapier has a strong reason not to include libiptc, you should
13 | rather just modify the main iptables ebuild to install the library
14 | again.
15 |
16 | Adding a separate variant of the package just for the library is a sure
17 | way to cause missed security patches and bugfixes later on (see shades
18 | of xpdf).
19 |
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21 Okay, I'll ask him for input on it :)
22 Thanks.
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