From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EDAFC158041 for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2024 08:32:29 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 093D3E2AA9; Thu, 4 Apr 2024 08:32:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (dev.gentoo.org [IPv6:2001:470:ea4a:1:5054:ff:fec7:86e4]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BCBC3E2A9B for ; Thu, 4 Apr 2024 08:32:25 +0000 (UTC) From: Sam James To: Eli Schwartz Cc: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Current unavoidable use of xz utils in Gentoo In-Reply-To: <963ef0b6-7c2a-4730-b09d-5a829c3ff4c0@gmail.com> (Eli Schwartz's message of "Wed, 3 Apr 2024 23:49:05 -0400") Organization: Gentoo References: <875xwy8wxo.fsf@gentoo.org> <963ef0b6-7c2a-4730-b09d-5a829c3ff4c0@gmail.com> User-Agent: mu4e 1.12.2; emacs 30.0.50 Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2024 09:32:21 +0100 Message-ID: <87frw1h6ju.fsf@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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Archives-Salt: f618f8b6-7b08-4e32-a12a-5c744e3e346b X-Archives-Hash: eb8b7d7c2f6d73f7bad028955375d7bb Eli Schwartz writes: > On 4/3/24 11:30 AM, Eddie Chapman wrote: >> Just to report I've been able to remove app-arch/xz-utils from my own >> workstation, with 2412 packages installed and running kde. I'm going to >> roll it out to my other gentoo systems which have a lot less stuff on them >> so am confident will be fine. It's not completely trivial but not as >> difficult as I imagined it to be, certainly something an advance Gentoo >> user could do if they wanted, with instructions. It does involve a >> relatively small hack and functionality previously provided by xz-utils is >> replaced by app-arch/p7zip. > > > I'd just like to clarify my previous posts: what you're describing here > is neat and productive and valid to my eyes. Actually, I wish this had > been the topic of the *first* post in this thread. :) Completely agreed. We just prefer shorter text and focusing on technical changes. This sounds fun! > [...] thanks, sam