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On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:32:18 -0500 Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote: |
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> > I am already really annoyed that by default |
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> > systemd and apps designed to work with it leave traces on openrc based |
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> > systems. |
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> You're getting worked up about text files and filenames. I suppose |
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> you'll be really upset that bash completion files are now being |
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> installed by default, and packages install logrotate configs and cron |
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> scripts even if you don't use logrotate or cron. |
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We have INSTALL_MASK for such cases. While it should be used with |
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care (as improper use will broke system), INSTALL_MASK="*/systemd/*" |
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keeps my systems clean from this filthy abomination. |
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> Sure, we could add a million more layers of conditionals to everything |
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> and you might save a few dozen inodes on your 10GB install, at the |
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> cost of lots of hassle/bugs/etc. In general Gentoo tends to take the |
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> pragmatic approach. If you're a purist of just about any kind you're |
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> going to have to hold your nose. However, this cuts both ways - the |
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> purists who don't want YOU to be able to make the choices YOU want to |
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> make also have to hold their noses. :) |
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Best regards, |
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Andrew Savchenko |
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