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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why do systemd scripts get installed with USE="-systemd"?
Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2017 11:47:35
Message-Id: 20171112114719.00419c1a@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Why do systemd scripts get installed with USE="-systemd"? by Akater
1 On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 10:55:04 +0000, Akater wrote:
2
3 > It looks like systemd scripts often (always?) get installed, regardless
4 > of USE flag settings.
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6 Because they are tiny so impact of them is negligible. On the other hand,
7 if you don't have them and want to switch to systemd, you would end up
8 having to recompile half of world just to get the service files.
9
10 > Why would they? Is this a policy?
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12 AFAIK, yes.
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14 If you really want to do this, you can do it with INSTALL_MASK in
15 make.conf.
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18 --
19 Neil Bothwick
20
21 If you shoot a mime, should you use a silencer?

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Re: [gentoo-user] Why do systemd scripts get installed with USE="-systemd"? Kai Peter <kp@×××××××××××××××.org>
Re: [gentoo-user] Why do systemd scripts get installed with USE="-systemd"? Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>