Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: logrotate

[Chris Gianelloni]

On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 10:44 -0700, Robin H. Johnson wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 09:36:54AM +0900, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> > What about the unused `ebuild [ebuild] config`? Isn't that the perfect place
> > for this sort of stuff? The only package that I know that uses this feature
> > is mysql. There are way more possibilities.
> No, ebuild config shouldn't be abused like this. Say I have an existing
> install of mysql, and the package maintainer puts in an updated
> logrotate.d file. Running 'ebuild mysql.ebuild config' is meant for NEW
> installations only, and it doesn't enable me to take advantage of
> CONFIG_PROTECT. I've seen a package where running the config phase when
> the package is already set up blows away your existing config.  It gives
> you a warning first, but how would I then get an updated logrotate.d
> file?

Ehh, actually this got kinda hijacked and we were kinda discussing
something else, as spyderous was talking about providing a package with
configuration files and other such files.  We diverged a bit saying how
config should be used more, but I know that at least *I* wasn't talking
about for things like logrotate files, but rather for actually
configuring a package.

> I see only two viable options.
> - Unconditional, use INSTALL_MASK, no RDEPEND on logrotate
> - Conditional on USE=logrotate
>
> The first one is what is generally used in the tree so far.

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Chris Gianelloni
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