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From: Alexander Berntsen <alexander@××××××.net>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Half of the firmware packages in tree install to wrong directory
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:03:33
Message-Id: 5118B3DB.9090407@plaimi.net
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Half of the firmware packages in tree install to wrong directory by Peter Stuge
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4 On 11/02/13 05:27, Peter Stuge wrote:
5 > I, as another user, prefer not to have a whole bunch of firmware
6 > installed if I only want one or two of them.
7 +1. Also licences. It's a mess. Not suggesting that *I* have the
8 magic-unicorn-land-perfect solution at hand though.
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10 On 09/02/13 10:09, Samuli Suominen wrote:
11 > Maybe you don't understand how linux-firmware package works. It
12 > only installs what you want -- it uses the savedconfig eclass to
13 > handle a list of wanted firmwares.
14 >
15 > I admit I never bothered to trim down my install of it, but the
16 > point is YOU CAN do it.
17 Please correct me if I'm wrong, but this sounds like opt-out. I very
18 much dislike opt-out.
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21 Alexander
22 alexander@××××××.net
23 http://plaimi.net/~alexander
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Re: [gentoo-dev] Half of the firmware packages in tree install to wrong directory "Rick \\\"Zero_Chaos\\\" Farina" <zerochaos@g.o>