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From: Doug Goldstein <cardoe@gentoo.org>
To: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org, Roy Marples <roy@marples.name>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] OpenRC & baselayout-2 meets Gentoo
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:49:46 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47E83E1A.7040003@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200803241803.49762.vapier@gentoo.org>

Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Monday 24 March 2008, Doug Goldstein wrote:
>> /etc/modules.autoload.d has always allowed module parameters to appear
>> after the module name.
>>
>> /etc/conf.d/modules has allowed a completely different syntax requiring
>> variables based on the module name to be set with the module parameters.
>>
>> This is where Roy and I have been stuck as far as an automatic
>> conversion process. The stuff you included in the openrc-9999 ebuild was
>> something I had sent to Roy months ago before I realized module
>> parameters would be an issue. Looking at a swath of various
>> /etc/modules.autoload.d/ files, I haven't come up with shell code that
>> does the right thing everytime with all the files, which is why I've
>> left it up to being a manual process for the user and simply documenting
>> it.
> 
> expecting users to read and do it themselves is certainly a path to 
> destruction for many.  while i could have written it in shell, i just did it 
> in awk.  i hope you're just overstating things when you say months, because 
> FIXED:INCVS.
> 
> we're going to need to extend the syntax anyways to allow for 
> per-version-per-module arguments.  unless openrc does that now ... Roy ?
> -mike

Currently OpenRC does not support per-version-per-module arguments. What 
is your proposed syntax?

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-03-24 23:49 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-03-20  5:19 [gentoo-dev] OpenRC & baselayout-2 meets Gentoo Doug Goldstein
2008-03-20  6:59 ` Josh Saddler
2008-03-20 12:12   ` Roy Marples
2008-03-20 14:16     ` Doug Goldstein
2008-03-20 14:34       ` Daniel Pielmeier
2008-03-20 20:13 ` [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-core] " Mike Frysinger
2008-03-24 20:26 ` [gentoo-dev] " Doug Goldstein
2008-03-24 20:35   ` Josh Saddler
2008-03-24 20:47     ` Doug Goldstein
2008-03-24 21:08   ` [gentoo-core] " Mike Frysinger
2008-03-24 21:16     ` Doug Goldstein
2008-03-24 21:32       ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-24 21:36         ` Doug Goldstein
2008-03-24 21:42           ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-24 21:53             ` Doug Goldstein
2008-03-24 22:03               ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-24 23:49                 ` Doug Goldstein [this message]
2008-03-25 12:30                   ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-25  8:33                 ` Roy Marples
2008-03-25 12:29                   ` Mike Frysinger
2008-03-27 14:57 ` Doug Goldstein

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