From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26678 invoked by uid 1002); 24 Aug 2003 14:32:46 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 18222 invoked from network); 24 Aug 2003 14:32:45 -0000 From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: azarah@gentoo.org To: Marius Mauch Cc: Gentoo-Dev In-Reply-To: <20030824161456.181a4dae.genone@genone.de> References: <20030823210429.57e7e85c.genone@genone.de> <20030824161456.181a4dae.genone@genone.de> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-gxYeAFj0/T3ISkhswXNb" Message-Id: <1061735580.13460.31.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:33:00 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] reason for dhcpcd in system profile ? X-Archives-Salt: 5bc12bbe-fc7a-4abc-9aaf-cc3534849da4 X-Archives-Hash: 5210236509dd6dc703be0f90885b64e5 --=-gxYeAFj0/T3ISkhswXNb Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2003-08-24 at 16:14, Marius Mauch wrote: > On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 21:04:29 +0200 > Marius Mauch wrote: >=20 > > Hi, > >=20 > > what's the reason for dhcpcd being in the system profile > > (default-x86-1.4 at least, haven't checked the others)? If it's only > > because it might be used in /etc/conf.d/net I think it should be > > removed, as there are IMO many users who don't need/want dhcpcd on > > their systems. I know there are a lot of people using dhcp for their > > network config, but why should that impose it on people not using it > > (e.g. I only need it on one of my three boxes)?=20 > > Of course if I miss something obvious here please correct me. >=20 > Ok, it seems most people like dhcpcd being part of system. Then let me > ask another question: Is there a way to get rid of packages in system > that works with world upgrades without creating my own local profile? > Making my own profile probably isn't difficult, but it needs to be > maintained. And all I want is to get rid of 2 or 3 packages that I don't > need/want to be installed. > If there is no such way maybe it should be implemented, or is there a > reason not to do it? >=20 The most permanent way I can think of, without updating stubs or injecting packages all the time, is to create a stub in your portage overlay that is a version way bigger, say dhcpcd-10.0 and then merge that ... Cheers, --=20 Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa --=-gxYeAFj0/T3ISkhswXNb Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/SMycqburzKaJYLYRAjM2AJ9Z4CGuWU3copDFY6gBAdXn6PMsXgCeMp50 7RGDlP3HFkZgsZ8/hgHpkbk= =4cXe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-gxYeAFj0/T3ISkhswXNb--