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From: Alec Warner <warnera6@×××××××.edu>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: logrotate
Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:04:01
Message-Id: 42EFA6EA.3030103@egr.msu.edu
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: logrotate by Donnie Berkholz
1 Donnie Berkholz wrote:
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6 > Tom Martin wrote:
7 > | Hi list,
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9 > | Bug 97447 wants a logrotate USE flag, which is used by about five
10 > | packages locally. Unless there are any objections, I'll globalify it
11 > | later today.
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13 > I think this flag is a bad idea. Why should I have to recompile a
14 > package to get some files that go in /etc? Either install them
15 > unconditionally or don't install them at all.
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17 > Thanks,
18 > Donnie
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20 It seems like we have had this conversation before ;)
21 Install it unconditionally and if the user doesn't want it they can use
22 INSTALL_MASK to remove it from ${D} before it's merged to the livefs.
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