From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.3 required=5.0 tests=DMARC_MISSING, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RDNS_NONE autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from 9000.wasd.dk (unknown [195.54.80.83]) by chiba.3jane.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 7BC2BAC3B8 for ; Mon, 20 May 2002 02:57:12 -0500 (CDT) Received: (qmail 22942 invoked by uid 1001); 20 May 2002 07:57:10 -0000 Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 09:57:10 +0200 From: Bjarke =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8rensen?= To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] ebuilds which install fonts Message-ID: <20020520075710.GB21230@wasd.dk> References: <20020520164054.46556c69.ryan.shaw@stanfordalumni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20020520164054.46556c69.ryan.shaw@stanfordalumni.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.25i Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.6 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux developer list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: X-Archives-Salt: 23be4bd9-8a17-4623-8feb-11186d02873c X-Archives-Hash: d31a611de58dbdcdca888609a273a72d On Mon, May 20, 2002 at 04:40:54PM +0900, Ryan Shaw wrote: > fonts. the ebuilds i have seen thus far > which install fonts (freefonts and x11fonts-jmk) > create new subdirectories of of /usr/lib/X11/fonts. Keeping different things apart. > this seems bad though, since it means that > a new FontPath needs to be added to XF86Config Is that so bad/hard? > just stick to the standard approach of adding > fonts to the subdir of /usr/lib/X11/fonts which > matches their type (Type1, truetype, etc.) and > rebuilding the proper index files for fonts of > that type? Of course portage handles the uninstall (and deletion) for you, so that's not an issue. But in general I think people just go with their way when making ebuild; why be different an conform? -- | Bjarke Sørensen / 9000.WASD | | There are 10 types of people in this world: | Those who understand binary, and those who don't.