From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E00gG-0001oG-OM for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:35:57 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j72HYvHC003127; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 17:34:57 GMT Received: from smtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk (smtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk [195.188.213.4]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j72HXK52020561 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 17:33:21 GMT Received: from snowdrop.home ([82.41.57.20]) by smtp-out1.blueyonder.co.uk with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.6713); Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:34:28 +0100 Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 18:33:30 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: logrotate Message-ID: <20050802183330.07d9a458@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <42EFA3D9.1030603@gentoo.org> References: <20050802092201.GB13310@pohl> <42EFA3D9.1030603@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.0.5 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 02 Aug 2005 17:34:28.0118 (UTC) FILETIME=[6EDBEB60:01C59788] X-Archives-Salt: bb321d13-3213-4ad6-baef-0f057f4211e1 X-Archives-Hash: 18ec8c34a7c98081c9d2848b7eeb9540 On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:48:25 -0700 Donnie Berkholz wrote: | Tom Martin wrote: | | Hi list, | | | | Bug 97447 wants a logrotate USE flag, which is used by about five | | packages locally. Unless there are any objections, I'll globalify it | | later today. | | I think this flag is a bad idea. Why should I have to recompile a | package to get some files that go in /etc? Either install them | unconditionally or don't install them at all. Files in /etc are expensive in terms of sysadmin time. The only things in /etc should be things that are both necessary and likely to be modified by a sysadmin. -- Ciaran McCreesh -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list