From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RKiyy-0005p0-GE for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:56:21 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4312D21C040 for ; Mon, 31 Oct 2011 03:56:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [134.68.220.30]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.5/8.13.5) with ESMTP id j934dX1O003791 for ; Mon, 3 Oct 2005 04:39:34 GMT Received: from 82-41-57-20.cable.ubr08.edin.blueyonder.co.uk ([82.41.57.20] helo=snowdrop.home) by smtp.gentoo.org with esmtpa (Exim 4.43) id 1EMIEg-0008VF-O1 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 04:47:34 +0000 Received: from localhost.home ([127.0.0.1] helo=snowdrop.home) by snowdrop.home with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1EMIF7-0006u8-JC for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:48:01 +0100 Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 05:47:56 +0100 From: Ciaran McCreesh To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Ebuild limits? Message-ID: <20051003054756.404ff4d3@snowdrop.home> In-Reply-To: <200510022150.07724.dnebinger@joat.com> References: <200510021958.31893.dnebinger@joat.com> <200510022048.27711.dnebinger@joat.com> <20051003022846.4e35d707@snowdrop.home> <200510022150.07724.dnebinger@joat.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed-Claws 1.9.13 (GTK+ 2.6.8; 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: multipart/signed; boundary="Signature_Mon__3_Oct_2005_05_47_56_+0100_UndG49+ldfo=WD+c"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=PGP-SHA1 X-Archives-Salt: b2ef044b-2e40-4052-8cee-233458b7ddb7 X-Archives-Hash: fb734ac41586d50df40f617cd73f73a0 --Signature_Mon__3_Oct_2005_05_47_56_+0100_UndG49+ldfo=WD+c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:50:07 -0400 Dave Nebinger wrote: | Their build system suits their purpose - distribute a LAMP-like | system for the foundation of their web application. I'm sure it will | keep them from getting distracted from questions like 'zimbra works | for postfix 2.2 but breaks for 2.2.3'; they provide it all and to use | it you're normally stuck with their 3rd party binaries at the | version/patch level they give you. Hrm. Does this really need an ebuild? Wouldn't it be better to use the associated portage-provided packages? Also, how do you intend to handle security updates? | > | a /var/db/pkg query system, | > | > Yick! Bad bad bad idea. |=20 | Yeah, I know. But how else do you answer the question "Hey, Portage, | where did you really install that my.cnf file?" |=20 | Obviously the system admin is free to move the my.cnf file or even | use a different file/path altogether. But at least it would give me | a starting value to use at compile time... I'm starting to think you really shouldn't be ebuilding this lot at all... --=20 Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm --Signature_Mon__3_Oct_2005_05_47_56_+0100_UndG49+ldfo=WD+c Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFDQLgB96zL6DUtXhERAm47AKC7ax/YaGqWw2Fo5IE744Dm6GoZ+wCeKvFR 4E5BtGJlZpX6pSMQyKAjY7k= =6lvz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature_Mon__3_Oct_2005_05_47_56_+0100_UndG49+ldfo=WD+c-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list