On Sun, 02 Oct 2005 21:50:07 -0400 Dave Nebinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | Their build system suits their purpose - distribute a LAMP-like | system for the foundation of their web application. I'm sure it will | keep them from getting distracted from questions like 'zimbra works | for postfix 2.2 but breaks for 2.2.3'; they provide it all and to use | it you're normally stuck with their 3rd party binaries at the | version/patch level they give you.
Hrm. Does this really need an ebuild? Wouldn't it be better to use the associated portage-provided packages? Also, how do you intend to handle security updates? | > | a /var/db/pkg query system, | > | > Yick! Bad bad bad idea. | | Yeah, I know. But how else do you answer the question "Hey, Portage, | where did you really install that my.cnf file?" | | Obviously the system admin is free to move the my.cnf file or even | use a different file/path altogether. But at least it would give me | a starting value to use at compile time... I'm starting to think you really shouldn't be ebuilding this lot at all... -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Vim, Shell tools, Fluxbox, Cron) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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