On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 02:07:52AM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: > On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 01:48:16 Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote: > > > On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 00:04:57 Michał Górny wrote: > > >> Honestly, I think a better solution would be to provide a convenience > > >> function library, independent of OpenRC. Sourcing random internal > > >> scripts of a random package is just broken by concept. > > > > > > except it hasnt been random and has clearly been defined by having > > > existed since the beginning of Gentoo > > > > I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. > > /etc/init.d/functions.sh has existed for the last decade, and was long ago > decided as the canonical public entry point for scripts external to > baselayout > (as opposed to a path in /sbin/). it isnt going anywhere, and painting it as > something in flux at this point is disingenuous.
I never said that /etc/init.d/functions.sh should go anywhere. I guess I'm just questioning why core functionality for our distribution is part of an optional package. Yes, OpenRC is our default init system, but it is optional. If I put a separate package in portage, say called gentoo-core that has only the core functions, openrc and gentoo-core would have to block each other and packages that need the core functionality would have to depend on || ( sys-apps/openrc sys-apps/gentoo-core ). If I use a use flag for openrc (I'm thinking about core or minimal) to build only the necessary parts of it, that leaves these packages depending on sys-apps/openrc and the user controling the use flag. The third option is for openrc to not install the symbolic link at /etc/init.d/functions.sh since the code is actually at /lib/rc/functions.sh or /libexec/rc/functions.sh on the bsds. If I do that in openrc, that would mean that baselayout or another package would have to provide either a symbolic link in /etc/init.d/functions.sh or a script there that provided the functions if openrc was not available. Thoughts? William
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