Re: [gentoo-user] Debian forked, because of systemd brouhaha

[Bill Kenworthy]

On 30/11/14 12:35, Andrew Savchenko wrote:
> On Sat, 29 Nov 2014 22:32:18 -0500 Rich Freeman wrote:
>> On Sat, Nov 29, 2014 at 9:01 PM, Bill Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> wrote:
>>> I am already really annoyed that by default
>>> systemd and apps designed to work with it leave traces on openrc based
>>> systems.
>>
>> You're getting worked up about text files and filenames.  I suppose
>> you'll be really upset that bash completion files are now being
>> installed by default, and packages install logrotate configs and cron
>> scripts even if you don't use logrotate or cron.
>
> We have INSTALL_MASK for such cases. While it should be used with
> care (as improper use will broke system), INSTALL_MASK="*/systemd/*"
> keeps my systems clean from this filthy abomination.
>
>> Sure, we could add a million more layers of conditionals to everything
>> and you might save a few dozen inodes on your 10GB install, at the
>> cost of lots of hassle/bugs/etc.  In general Gentoo tends to take the
>> pragmatic approach.  If you're a purist of just about any kind you're
>> going to have to hold your nose.  However, this cuts both ways - the
>> purists who don't want YOU to be able to make the choices YOU want to
>> make also have to hold their noses.  :)
>
> Best regards,
> Andrew Savchenko
>

Yes I am using install masking ... but I believe there was a comment
that this could break things as some programs expected to see the files
in the systemd directories.  Hence my comment.

And about being a purist and holding my nose ... no I am not ... but I
do not like useless cruft just because it was the easy way out which was
my impression of the conversation on the email list - hence INSTASL_MASLK.

BillK