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On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 16:52, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Wed, 2004-07-21 at 13:59, Paul Varner wrote: |
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> > Finally dependencies, since I have been writing and tinkering with |
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> > ebuilds at what point do you stop adding dependencies to the ebuild. To |
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> > be anal about it would be to add everything back to glibc. That is |
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> > obviously not the case and the assumption that I've been making is that |
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> > if it isn't in the system profile and it is required to build/run the |
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> > package then it should be listed as a dependency. That was my reasoning |
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> > for filing the above bug. As a system logger isn't required by the |
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> > system profile and vixie-cron requires one to run, it should be listed |
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> > as a runtime dependency. In this case, I was told politely that I was |
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> > nuts since "There's no reason for vixie-cron to rdepend on |
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> > virtual/logger". I obviously disagree with that assessment, which is |
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> > why I'm asking the question. (Side note: I don't have a lot of |
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> > heartburn with the bug report being rejected, although I do feel it is a |
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> > valid bug or I wouldn't have submitted it. My opinion is that if it is |
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> > not going to be addressed, the resolution should be WONTFIX instead of |
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> > INVALID) |
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> vixie-cron can run fine without any logger at all. I have actually |
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> configured such a system, simply when playing around. What happens is |
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> any messages are dumped to the console, which isn't very good, but |
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> proves that there is no hard requirement for a logger. |
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If that's the case then the ebuild shouldn't install a startup file into |
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/etc/init.d that has "need logger" in its depend section. It should be |
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changed to a "use logger". |
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Currently as installed by the ebuild, vixie-cron requires a system |
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logger to be installed to operate correctly. |
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