On Wed, 8 Aug 2012 11:03:25 -0400 Rich Freeman <ri...@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2012 at 10:48 AM, Patrick Lauer <patr...@gentoo.org> > wrote: > > can we *please* use the openrc useflag to have correct paths and > > binary names again? > > Just because upstream says we should be fedora doesn't mean we have > > to do it. > > I think that having binaries going in different places based on a USE > flag is going to lead to a big mess - especially if we're talking > about system packages. > > If we want to argue about where we put something by all means hash it > out or escalate to council. If we want to debate whether to install > compatibility symlinks I think that is also more reasonable. > > However, I don't want the path to bash or glibc or whatever to depend > on whether a particular package maintainer believes in the /usr move > or even moreso whether some USE flag is set. Path to bash can't change because it will break most of scripts in the world. Path to libc can't change because it will break all of the executables in the world. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
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