From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KtWx9-0006M7-BN for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:24:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 9BD31E0269; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:24:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70B40E0269 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:24:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail.isohunt.com (b01.ext.isohunt.com [208.71.112.51]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95B94645D7 for ; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:24:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 17198 invoked from network); 25 Oct 2008 00:24:21 -0000 Received: from S010600022af11287.vc.shawcable.net (HELO curie.orbis-terrarum.net) (24.84.179.214) (smtp-auth username robbat2@isohunt.com, mechanism login) by mail.isohunt.com (qpsmtpd/0.33-dev on beta01) with (AES256-SHA encrypted) ESMTPSA; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 00:24:21 +0000 Received: (qmail 26533 invoked by uid 10000); 24 Oct 2008 16:56:19 -0700 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:56:19 -0700 From: "Robin H. Johnson" To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Having a seperate package for libiptc Message-ID: <20081024235619.GC23818@curie-int.orbis-terrarum.net> References: <490251B8.3090704@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <490251B8.3090704@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) X-Archives-Salt: b37dfccc-2443-4422-bd14-2908eaafa19e X-Archives-Hash: 9ee84fe11185ba6f5942b4fc9e0b8453 --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:52:40AM +0200, Bjarke Istrup Pedersen wrote: > What do you think - Should I add this library ebuild to the tree, or > should I just give up getting miniupnpd added to the tree, since there > is no alternative to using libiptc? > I already have an ebuild for it that compiles iptables, and just > installs the headers and library files, and my local tests shows that it > works fine here. Unless vapier has a strong reason not to include libiptc, you should rather just modify the main iptables ebuild to install the library again.=20 Adding a separate variant of the package just for the library is a sure way to cause missed security patches and bugfixes later on (see shades of xpdf). --=20 Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux Developer & Infra Guy E-Mail : robbat2@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11AC BA4F 4778 E3F6 E4ED F38E B27B 944E 3488 4E85 --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Robbat2 @ Orbis-Terrarum Networks - The text below is a digital signature. If it doesn't make any sense to you, ignore it. iEYEARECAAYFAkkCYKMACgkQPpIsIjIzwixUagCfTGjrJa4UBTRi0bpoOVSgeukc C9kAn305xCxmy0BA+WdnDm5gK0p12WjI =n4OI -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --TRYliJ5NKNqkz5bu--