On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:58:52 -0800 Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Marcelo Góes wrote: | > Indeed, logrotate functionality should be optional. Ebuilds that | > install logrotate stuff without asking should be updated to use the | > logrotate USE flag. | > | > I'm making it a global USE flag if nobody complains. | | You want people to recompile the whole package to get another text | file installed? | | People who don't want it can set INSTALL_MASK. It should be installed | by default and not switchable with a USE flag.
We already had this discussion. It's not that it's another file, it's that it's another file in /etc, which is backed up and requires administrator attention on every upgrade. Packages shouldn't stick stuff in /etc on a whim. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (King of all Londinium) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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