On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 09:48:25 -0700 Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | 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.
Files in /etc are expensive in terms of sysadmin time. The only things in /etc should be things that are both necessary and likely to be modified by a sysadmin. -- Ciaran McCreesh -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
