On 05/21/2013 09:03 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote:
> On 21/05/2013 05:03, Daniel Campbell wrote:
>> That's missing the point. If you don't run systemd, having unit files is
>> pointless. Thankfully there's INSTALL_MASK and whatnot, but that seems
>> like a hack instead of something more robust. Why include systemd unit
>> files (by default, with no systemd USE flag, thanks to the council...)
>> on a system that's not using it? 154 files isn't negligible unless
>> you're flippant with your system and don't care about bloat. Unused
>> software sitting around *is* a waste of disk-space.
>>
>> Some people (like myself) came to Gentoo to avoid putting systemd on
>> their systems and to make use of the great choice that Gentoo allows.
>> This push to make systemd a "first level citizen" or whatever reeks of
>> marketing. If there is desire among users for unit files, they can
>> contact upstream or maintain their own set of unit files. It's not like
>> they're hard to write.
>>
>
> <amused long-term user chipping in>
>
> This is such a weak argument it's quite laughable.
>
> I don't like gnu info files. Neither me nor anyone I know can figure out
> how to drive info. So, let's rip all the info files out of every
> package; leaving the 3 users who do know info free to grab their copies
> from upstream. I mean it's not like it's hard or anything, and info
> files are easy to write.
check the FEATURES variable and be surprise =) (from man make.conf)
nodoc Do not install doc files (/usr/share/doc).
noinfo Do not install info pages.
noman Do not install manpages.
Adding a nounits norunscript and such might work and had been proposed.
lu
