On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 17:30, Michał Górny wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jun 2011 17:16:14 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: >> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 17:14, Michał Górny wrote: >> > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:47:42 -0400 Mike Frysinger wrote: >> >> On Wednesday, June 29, 2011 22:19:09 Michał Górny wrote: >> >> > On Wed, 29 Jun 2011 16:46:13 -0500 William Hubbs wrote: >> >> > > Ok, the option that I'm looking at now is to set up openrc so >> >> > > that the init scripts are optional and whether or not they are >> >> > > installed is controlled by a use flag which I will default to >> >> > > on in IUSE. Most people would leave this flag alone, but if >> >> > > you want to use something like systemd and do not want the >> >> > > init scripts or the /etc/runlevels directory on your system, >> >> > > you would just re-emerge openrc with this flag disabled. >> >> > > >> >> > > For now this flag will just control init scripts installation, >> >> > > but I will also look into taking it further and not installing >> >> > > other parts of openrc, such as binaries, man pages, etc which >> >> > > are only used if you are working on init scripts. >> >> > >> >> > Wouldn't it be better to just leave these people with >> >> > INSTALL_MASK? USEflag means needless rebuilds just for the >> >> > benefit of one file. >> >> >> >> so you're saying the solution for systemd users is to setup >> >> INSTALL_MASK and we shouldnt worry about tweaking openrc at all ? >> > >> > Have you even heard the word called 'context'? It might be too short >> > for your taste. >> >> perhaps if you focused less on being snarky and more on the thread >> content, you'd realize that the context here is "providing >> /etc/init.d/functions.sh support for non-openrc users". that was the >> point of William's e-mail that is at the start of this current >> "context". > > And if you focused more on reading what others write, you'd realize > that the whole citation here mentions only installing init.d scripts > and /etc/runlevels?
umm, no. that's actually the opposite of what William said. the ultimate direction is exactly as i described, and William is hashing out different ways to get there. so yes, focus less on snarky and more on contributing something useful. -mike
