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Am Samstag, 18. Mai 2013, 19:02:12 schrieb Walter Dnes: |
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> > Having a package to install every systemd unit in existence just |
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> > clutters the end user's system and makes it harder to tell which |
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> > units are actually valid. |
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> Yet openrc users are supposed to accept having their systems cluttered |
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> with systemd units. |
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This is getting more and more ridiculous. |
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Next, systemd users will (correctly) remark that their systems are |
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unnecessarily cluttered with openrc init scripts. |
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Then, I may remark that my system is unnecessarily cluttered by quite some |
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cmake modules that can search for libraries I'll never install. |
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Not to speak of the boost sub-libraries that none of my installed packages |
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uses. |
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Etc etc etc. |
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Please get a grip. |
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> 2) I suggested keying on a "systemd" USE flag, to inform portage whether |
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> or not to install systemd units. I was told that |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=198901 forbade using it that |
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> way. And therefore systemd config files would be installed regardless |
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> of flags. Therefore udev/eudev don't have "systemd" flags. But both |
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> have "openrc" flags, and will not run OK on an openrc machine without |
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> the "openrc" flag. |
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The decision was made long ago. Use flags are not the correct way to control |
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solely the installation of a few small files. |
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If you really care (i.e. embedded systems), this is what install masks are |
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for. Then just modify your /etc/make.conf accordingly. Believe me, that goes |
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much faster than writing another discussion mail. |
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Andreas K. Huettel |
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Gentoo Linux developer |
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dilfridge@g.o |
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http://www.akhuettel.de/ |
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