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From: William Hubbs <williamh@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Make logrotate a global USE flag?
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 20:16:05
Message-Id: 20060129201331.GA1918@linux1.home
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Make logrotate a global USE flag? by Ciaran McCreesh
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4 On Sun, Jan 29, 2006 at 07:46:30AM +0000, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
5 > We already had this discussion. It's not that it's another file, it's
6 > that it's another file in /etc, which is backed up and requires
7 > administrator attention on every upgrade. Packages shouldn't stick
8 > stuff in /etc on a whim.
9
10 If you are saying that things should not be put in /etc by a package
11 automatically for optional features, I agree with you there, and that is
12 why I support the "logrotate" and "xinetd" use flags.
13
14 William
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