On Monday 08 June 2009 06:35:37 Roy Marples wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Monday 08 June 2009 06:12:04 Roy Marples wrote: > >> Mike Frysinger wrote: > >>> On Sunday 07 June 2009 15:59:50 Robin H. Johnson wrote: > >>>> 1. OpenRC will provide /libexec/rc/version, a text file containing the > >>>> version (possible including a git ID) of the release. > >>> > >>> that requires us to actually utilize /libexec/ which is not a Linux > >>> convention on any system ive ever seen. > >> > >> OpenRC works on systems other than Linux and uses the best hierarchy it > >> can to match them all. > > > > i know why you use it, but that doesnt mean Gentoo (Linux) should > > rhetorical: > Should Gentoo (FreeBSD)?
that's for the Gentoo/BSD team to decide > Also, should Gentoo (Linux) never break with tradition even if > somethings are better elsewhere? no, there is no "innovation" here nor any incentive to do so. i also personally dont believe in /usr/libexec/, so i'm not going to randomly be convinced by /libexec/ in the meantime. > Note, I'm not pushing for Gentoo to use /libexec at all, but you'll have > to move the version file in the ebuild as it just won't work when you > pass LIBEXECDIR=/lib/rc to the make targets. if the make system doesnt have a way of controlling the root libexecdir path, sounds like the make system is limited and/or broken and in need of fixing -mike
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