From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20715 invoked by uid 1002); 9 Sep 2003 22:57:41 -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 24089 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2003 22:57:41 -0000 From: William Kenworthy Reply-To: billk@iinet.net.au To: Chris Gianelloni Cc: gentoo-dev List In-Reply-To: <1063120299.23515.23.camel@localhost> References: <1062896271.20020.28.camel@vertigo> <1062904114.8455.62.camel@nosferatu.lan> <200309070559.21887.jk@microgalaxy.net> <1063036644.3316.32.camel@glyph.bestweb.net> <1063120299.23515.23.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1063148256.12601.15.camel@rattus.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 10 Sep 2003 06:57:36 +0800 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Some suggestions X-Archives-Salt: 817f061d-57ec-45bd-960c-8315b526c535 X-Archives-Hash: b394dee6e1f7dfa849f093bbdb49395a Please dont suggest splitting make.conf - its a crap idea and we'll end up with a mess like like conf.d (where it is justified, but its still a mess - and an ongoing pain). You get files changing, adds and deletions that happen and you are not aware of the changes. For instance, how many people missed the addition of hdparm to conf.d? There have been a number of disastrous events where wholesale changes have occurred when they were not intended: modules.autoconf was particularly bad (I ended up with 3 dead systems), as was the symlink to the php config file from mod_php and php proper. At least if you have one file, you only have one place to look. Plus it makes sense to keep all related information on one file, not piecemeal. What this will mean, is that after every emerge problem, you will have to find and check dozens of files, not one core file. And think of the newbie, gentoo is becoming very complex to understand. Another point is I run 3 make.conf's on a laptop, and load the one applicable to the site I am at automatically (actually sed the file). I would have to parse a number of files instead of just one. I think perhaps make.conf would be better named emerge.environment or gentoo.environment to underscore its function and importance! BillK On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 23:11, Chris Gianelloni wrote: > On Mon, 2003-09-08 at 11:57, Nathaniel wrote: > > 1. etc-update should check modify dates and overwrite if not modified. > > I think everyone can agree on this one. > > > 2. Part of the problem is that make.conf has so many options (ie. its a > > large file.) What if we split it up into smaller files... Something > > like: > > > > -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list