Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: logrotate

["Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@gentoo.org>]

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On Fri, Apr 29, 2005 at 09:36:54AM +0900, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> What about the unused `ebuild [ebuild] config`? Isn't that the perfect place 
> for this sort of stuff? The only package that I know that uses this feature 
> is mysql. There are way more possibilities.
No, ebuild config shouldn't be abused like this. Say I have an existing
install of mysql, and the package maintainer puts in an updated
logrotate.d file. Running 'ebuild mysql.ebuild config' is meant for NEW
installations only, and it doesn't enable me to take advantage of
CONFIG_PROTECT. I've seen a package where running the config phase when
the package is already set up blows away your existing config.  It gives
you a warning first, but how would I then get an updated logrotate.d
file?

I see only two viable options.
- Unconditional, use INSTALL_MASK, no RDEPEND on logrotate
- Conditional on USE=logrotate

The first one is what is generally used in the tree so far.

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