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"Bart Verwilst" <verwilst@g.o> writes: |
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> I like the simple straightforward way we have now actually... one line and |
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> we're set... |
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I can understand that it may seem easier to maintain one portage, than |
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two, but... [read on] |
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> I don't want to install multiple packages, + clutter my |
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> system with extra /opt/xxx dirs, |
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How is it different from cluttering (and clobbering!) your |
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/usr/X11/lib? |
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> and manually add a line in my XF86Config.. |
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> :( |
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Only needs to be done once. But think about this: when you upgrade |
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your xfree port, it will overwrite the NVIDIA files, and you would |
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have to reinstall them. Consequently, when you unmerge the nvidia |
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package, you end up with an incomplete xfree installation[1]. |
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Finally, when you update world, you have no way of knowing whether you |
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would be able to start X windows the next time, because the sanity of |
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the system would be determined by the order, in which the upgraded |
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packages were merged.[2] What's easier: just add a module path to |
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XF86Config once or be constantly aware of the above issues? |
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> And when you rebuild your kernel, remerging media-gfx only takes seconds, so |
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> why split it into 2 files to drop a few secs of compile time?.... |
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How about people on dial-up Net connection? Unless they keep the tar |
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balls in /usr/portage/distfiles[3], my improvement may mean 300K |
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download instead of 2M one. We are not talking about seconds any |
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more. ;^) |
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Footnotes: |
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[1] Of course, this can be handled in post-unmerging part of the |
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nvidia package, but it isn't as it is now. |
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[2] I.e. if nvidia goes first, and xfree next, your X installation is |
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fubar-ed. |
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[3] I, for example, clean it with a cron job. |
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-- |
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Arcady Genkin |
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Don't read everything you believe. |
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