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On 30/04/12 08:57, Michał Górny wrote: |
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> Hello, |
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> Since lately Gentoo devs force you to replace collision-protect with |
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> protect-owned [1] and sometimes packages just spit out files randomly |
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> on the filesystem due to random errors, I thought it may be a good idea |
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> to provide a new feature limiting the locations where packages can |
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> install. |
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You're not forced to do anything. |
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> In order to do that, we should first compose a complete include/exclude |
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> list where packages can install. I'd suggest the following: |
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> + /bin |
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> + /boot (but maybe just subdirectories so packages can't overwrite |
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> kernels?) |
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> [potentially + /dev? but that's useful only when tmpfs isn't mounted] |
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> + /etc |
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> + /lib, /lib32, /lib64 |
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> + /opt |
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> + /sbin |
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> [potentially + /service for ugly daemontools] |
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> + /usr |
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> + /var |
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> - /usr/local |
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> - /usr/portage |
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> What are your thoughts on this? |
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> [1]:https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=410691#c4 |
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I think it's feature creep - you can just set INSTALL_MASK="/usr/local |
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/usr/portage", no need for new features. |
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PS. I (and few other folks) don't have /usr/portage. |
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Krzysztof Pawlik <nelchael at gentoo.org> key id: 0xF6A80E46 |
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