From: Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@gentoo.org>
To: Ferris McCormick <fmccor@inforead.com>
Cc: Nathaniel <natem@bestweb.net>, Gentoo-Dev <gentoo-dev@gentoo.org>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions
Date: 09 Sep 2003 11:14:26 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1063120464.23515.26.camel@localhost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.56.0309081602590.1449@lacewing.inforead.com>
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On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 12:06, Ferris McCormick wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Nathaniel wrote:
>
> > Regarding the etc-update issue, here are some of my thoughts.
> >
> > 1. etc-update should check modify dates and overwrite if not modified.
> >
> I haven't followed this very closely because there's so much of it, but
> this one suddenly woke me up. Just because a file hasn't been modified
> doesn't imply that it's OK to change it, does it? Maybe it's fine the
> way it is, but won't be if it gets changed? Appologies if I'm rehashing
> something.
All of the settings from a Gentoo package are supposed to work "out of
the box". If the file has not been modified, then it is using the
default setup from Gentoo. It should be able to continue using the
default setup and work properly. If it does not, then it is a bug and
should be treated as such.
--
Chris Gianelloni
Developer, Gentoo Linux
Games Team
Is your power animal a penguin?
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Thread overview: 144+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-09-06 18:05 [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions David Sankel
2003-09-06 19:21 ` Douglas Russell
2003-09-06 19:24 ` Douglas Russell
2003-09-06 19:45 ` [gentoo-dev] " David Sankel
2003-09-06 21:54 ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-09-15 19:48 ` Stewart Honsberger
2003-09-16 0:58 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-06 19:42 ` [gentoo-dev] " Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-06 19:48 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-06 20:23 ` Phil Richards
2003-09-06 20:38 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-07 19:41 ` Phil Richards
2003-09-07 20:21 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-07 20:26 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-06 19:46 ` Brian Jackson
2003-09-06 19:50 ` Marius Mauch
2003-09-06 20:46 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-06 20:56 ` Douglas Russell
2003-09-06 21:13 ` Marius Mauch
2003-09-06 21:56 ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-09-06 21:58 ` Brian Harring
2003-09-06 22:30 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-07 0:10 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-07 0:48 ` Luke-Jr
2003-09-07 7:58 ` Rutger Lubbers
2003-09-19 15:11 ` Paul de Vrieze
2003-09-06 23:48 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-06 23:55 ` Jason Stubbs
2003-09-06 23:56 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-07 0:26 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-07 0:57 ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-09-07 3:08 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 5:59 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 8:19 ` Troy Dack
2003-09-07 8:43 ` Jason Stubbs
2003-09-07 10:48 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 14:56 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 13:12 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 17:55 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 16:07 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 18:21 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 16:45 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-07 16:55 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-07 16:57 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-07 19:07 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 17:39 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-07 19:55 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 18:03 ` Marius Mauch
2003-09-07 20:52 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 18:53 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-07 21:37 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 19:41 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-07 18:28 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 21:36 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 18:36 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-07 18:31 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 17:13 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 20:14 ` Kevyn Shortell
2003-09-08 21:16 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-19 15:32 ` Paul de Vrieze
2003-09-07 11:09 ` Alexander Gretencord
2003-09-08 20:56 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-07 10:44 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 14:29 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 12:44 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 15:02 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 13:17 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
[not found] ` <200309071523.03334.jk@microgalaxy.net>
2003-09-07 13:28 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-07 13:21 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 15:22 ` Sami Näätänen
2003-09-07 16:07 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 14:13 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 14:15 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 16:45 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 18:12 ` [gentoo-dev] suggestion pkg_postinst Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 17:57 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 20:18 ` [gentoo-dev] suggestion portage ebuild system file modification rights and protection Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 18:21 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 20:44 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 19:20 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 21:43 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 19:56 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-07 22:34 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 20:35 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-08 1:32 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 23:41 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-08 2:08 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-08 0:28 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-08 2:52 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-08 1:12 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-08 4:53 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-08 1:55 ` Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-19 17:21 ` Paul de Vrieze
2003-09-08 1:40 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-08 7:10 ` Michael Cummings
2003-09-19 15:54 ` Paul de Vrieze
2003-09-07 21:54 ` [gentoo-dev] suggestion rsync over ssl/ssh Jan Krueger
2003-09-07 19:57 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-07 23:41 ` [gentoo-dev] suggestion portage ebuild system file modification rights and protection Chris Bainbridge
2003-09-08 1:50 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-08 0:22 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-08 2:33 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-08 1:02 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-08 3:12 ` [gentoo-dev] gentoo-project Jan Krueger
2003-09-08 1:22 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-08 1:44 ` Seemant Kulleen
2003-09-08 4:34 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-08 4:54 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-08 3:03 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-08 3:47 ` Bill Kenworthy
2003-09-08 3:54 ` Jon Portnoy
2003-09-08 5:33 ` Jan Krueger
2003-09-08 4:13 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-09 0:20 ` Marius Mauch
2003-09-09 9:42 ` Alexander Gretencord
2003-09-09 10:19 ` Stuart Herbert
2003-09-09 11:23 ` Alexander Gretencord
2003-09-08 21:39 ` [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions Steven Elling
2003-09-08 22:27 ` Kevyn Shortell
2003-09-07 16:54 ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-09-08 15:57 ` Nathaniel
2003-09-08 16:06 ` Ferris McCormick
2003-09-09 15:14 ` Chris Gianelloni [this message]
2003-09-09 15:11 ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-09-09 22:57 ` William Kenworthy
2003-09-10 13:46 ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-09-10 14:37 ` Nathaniel
2003-09-10 14:56 ` Philippe Coulonges
2003-09-10 21:37 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-11 7:46 ` Troy Dack
2003-09-11 7:54 ` Troy Dack
2003-09-11 16:20 ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-09-07 16:43 ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-09-07 17:27 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-07 20:37 ` Doug Weimer
2003-09-07 21:04 ` Martin Schlemmer
2003-09-08 22:15 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-08 20:42 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-09 0:10 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-09 20:12 ` Chris Gianelloni
2003-09-08 20:12 ` Steven Elling
2003-09-06 23:53 ` [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions (SUMMARY?) Jason Stubbs
2003-09-07 0:18 ` [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions Thomas de Grenier de Latour
2003-09-07 0:04 ` Luke-Jr
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