On Tue, 02 Aug 2005 13:48:17 -0400 Alec Joseph Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > 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. | > | And who makes that call, shouldn't the sysadmin decide what is | necessary in /etc and what is not?
Sure. The sysadmin makes the call via USE. | Why shouldn't portage just install stuff in /etc and let the sysadmin | figure out what needs to be there via INSTALL_MASK? We already have a perfectly good mechanism for handling optional components of packages. INSTALL_MASK isn't something that should be encouraged -- it's not a 'safe' setting. -- Ciaran McCreesh -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list
