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From: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Google SOC 2008
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:25:48
Message-Id: 20080228112544.GB21668@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Google SOC 2008 by Roy Marples
1 On 28-02-2008 11:22:13 +0000, Roy Marples wrote:
2 >
3 > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:21:58 +0100, Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
4 > wrote:
5 > > I'm not sure how far OpenRC actually can
6 > > deal with unprivileged installs, so that are just things we have to find
7 > > out along the way.
8 >
9 > Provided you have permissions to start the configured programs, then it's
10 > fine.
11 > OpenRC now supports PREFIX=/home/roy/foo and PKG_PREFIX=/home/roy/bar.
12 >
13 > PREFIX is where OpenRC installs to (also respects DESTDIR).
14 > PKG_PREFIX is where packages install to if different.
15 >
16 > So the only thing left (aside from bug fixing) is to instruct OpenRC
17 > dependency
18 > code that it's in a prefix and to respect the noprefix keyword in services,
19 > or
20 > to provide dummy services.
21
22 Right. Assuming this will be enough to start, that means one GSoC
23 project less ;)
24
25 Thanks for the work anyway!
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29 Fabian Groffen
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