Thomas de Grenier de Latour wrote: > On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:58:52 -0800 > Donnie Berkholz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> You want people to recompile the whole package to get another >> text file installed? > > When would one recompile a package just for that? Only case i can > think of is when someone who already has setup his apache / ftp / > database / whatever server suddenly discover what "logrotate" is > and thus decide to start using it, whereas until then he didn't > payed any attention to the flag each time it was listed by "emerge > -pv". That sounds rather unlikely, and i would say "too bad, be > more careful next time..." to such a sysadmin.
Oh, that's really friendly. Too bad, so sad, you just have to spend 10 hours recompiling all your logrotate-using packages. > And anyway, this > user doesn't really have to recompile anything to fix his mistake: > he can still have a look on the ebuild to see that if the file he > is missing is available in $FILESDIR, or use "ebuild unpack" and > get it from the sources tree when it comes from upstream. I don't expect users to know ebuild syntax to install a package. That's a terrible assumption to make. If it's something in filesdir and you really insist on a USE flag, my preference would be that it's a separate package pulled in by a USE flag instead of requiring a recompilation. >> People who don't want it can set INSTALL_MASK. It should be >> installed by default and not switchable with a USE flag. > > USE flag is the only way to indicate that a package has logrotate > support, and that's important. Remember that files added to an > /etc/something.d/ directory are chunks of configuration merged > with the user's one. First time they are installed, they are just > like bypassing the etc-update protection. > I remember that, maybe 2 years ago, syslog-ng suddenly started to > install a logrotate.d file, with no USE flag. Sure i didn't > noticed it, until i saw that what i had already configured by hand > in a different file was not working has expected anymore. Ok, > that's just logs rotation, it doesn't hurt that much, but still, i > would have prefer it to be introduced along with a USE flag, so > that i can notice the change and decide whether i accept it and > adapt my configuration. And any other "new" file in /etc you also want a USE flag introduced for? Sounds real scalable. Or is this just an exception from the rule? Thanks, Donnie
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