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 1E00BN-0005fu-Bh for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 02 Aug 2005 17:04:01 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j72H31QM030082; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 17:03:01 GMT Received: from egr.msu.edu (jeeves.egr.msu.edu [35.9.37.127]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j72H1AQv021769 for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 17:01:11 GMT Received: from [35.9.36.113] (dhcp-35-9-36-113 [35.9.36.113]) (authenticated bits=0) by egr.msu.edu (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j72H1Wbc000138 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 2 Aug 2005 13:01:32 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <42EFA6EA.3030103@egr.msu.edu> Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:01:30 -0400 From: Alec Warner User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.5 (X11/20050724) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: logrotate References: <20050802092201.GB13310@pohl> <42EFA3D9.1030603@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <42EFA3D9.1030603@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 29ea8c74-01ff-4917-b66c-5c69201b113d X-Archives-Hash: bd65802938130fc85a4021e86128b3df Donnie Berkholz wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > 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. > > Thanks, > Donnie It seems like we have had this conversation before ;) Install it unconditionally and if the user doesn't want it they can use INSTALL_MASK to remove it from ${D} before it's merged to the livefs. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFC76PZXVaO67S1rtsRAnseAKD0sSr+V/DT2J4BBgWIBqzfkTBSFwCff1ok > TjOSbr2zjsxYNqCuTraJ6WI= > =HAZ0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list