From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4294 invoked by uid 1002); 7 Sep 2003 03:05:10 -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 10805 invoked from network); 7 Sep 2003 03:05:09 -0000 From: Martin Schlemmer Reply-To: azarah@gentoo.org To: Chris Gianelloni Cc: Steven Elling , Gentoo-Dev In-Reply-To: <1062896271.20020.28.camel@vertigo> References: <200309061848.54494.ellings@kcnet.com> <20030906235642.GA22596@cerberus.oppresses.us> <200309061926.08828.ellings@kcnet.com> <1062896271.20020.28.camel@vertigo> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-OKmOay3McQwcxnKDvLnU" Message-Id: <1062904114.8455.62.camel@nosferatu.lan> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 05:08:34 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions X-Archives-Salt: 5e83a5d4-717f-44e3-9f24-f5245dc3e811 X-Archives-Hash: 7322a1d973766567683553d958f5a735 --=-OKmOay3McQwcxnKDvLnU Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 2003-09-07 at 02:57, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-06 at 20:26, Steven Elling wrote: > > Does portage bomb out if make.conf is not present? If so, maybe portag= e=20 > > needs to be changed so that it will work without the file. >=20 > I definitely like the idea of creating make.conf docs and a link from > the install docs. Also, why can't the portage ebuild contain a 0 byte > make.conf file? After all, the file CAN be empty and portage will still > work from the make.globals since make.conf serves no purpose but to > override the system defaults. We could include a make.conf file in the > stage tarballs with a few settings (depending on the settings of the > stage) and a comment telling the user where the docs for make.conf are > located both locally and on Gentoo.org. I really do not see how having to either: 1) Copy and paste everything 2) Type if from a printout/whatever is efficient or helps the average user? It is way easier to just uncomment and change as needed with the help, etc there in front of you. What happened to CONFIG_PROTECT and you having control? Just mv the thing to make.conf.orig and edit a clean file, or if you really want it to stay the same to see what additions there is in future, leave as is, and just put a 'source /etc/make.conf.foo' in there, and add your changes to /etc/make.conf.foo. Come on guys, think what is best for the *distro* (meaning, what will work best for the other 90% of users, and not necessary for you ...). Thanks,=20 --=20 Martin Schlemmer Gentoo Linux Developer, Desktop/System Team Developer Cape Town, South Africa --=-OKmOay3McQwcxnKDvLnU Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/WqEyqburzKaJYLYRAuUoAJ9V1LKl5aZT6g8GaAanUP/dx0JQEQCdHmxE q+BE7ntUO9QzEqfKWN634s4= =CYdB -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-OKmOay3McQwcxnKDvLnU--