[gentoo-dev] Re: Changes to some profiles

[Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net>]

Vlastimil Babka <caster@gentoo.org> posted 47A3CD80.8060008@gentoo.org,
excerpted below, on  Sat, 02 Feb 2008 02:55:12 +0100:

> How about just some elog "If you use make install, emerge --noreplace
> debianutils" in the kernel's postinst or something.

Well, that doesn't help those who get their kernels elsewhere, which IMO 
are the ones most likely to have their own scripted solutions using make 
install and thus debianutils in the first place, thus the general 
announcement suggestion, but a kernel-2.eclass einfo as proposed is a 
start and certainly won't hurt. =8^)  (Also, as I've said, folks with 
such site-customized scripts are precisely the ones advanced enough they 
/should/ catch it and be well able to make the necessary changes 
themselves, regardless of warning, but should != will, and a GMN/GWN/
upgrade-guide warning is a nice touch in any case.)

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