[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: bash version in ebuilds/eclasses...non-compliance and what to do?

2008-12-24 Thread Steve Long
Fabian Groffen wrote: > On 20-12-2008 05:35:25 +, Steve Long wrote: >> I note that bash-3.2_p17-r1 is stable on all the architectures that >> 3.0-r12 lists (it just adds the two -fbsd archs as unstable.) >> portage-2.1.4.5 requires at least that version (only unstable on mips as >> against 2.1

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: what happened to /etc/init.d/hal{d,daemon,whatever} script ?

2008-12-24 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Wed, 24 Dec 2008 00:19:06 -0600 Jeremy Olexa wrote: > Take a look for yourself and you will see why there has never been a > "table" or anything created. (it is trivial - and you have the source > on your computer already) It's even trivialler than you think. If it's an external program, it c

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: what happened to /etc/init.d/hal{d,daemon,whatever} script ?

2008-12-24 Thread Daniel Pielmeier
2008/12/23 Doug Goldstein : > > Looks like people have been truly over-zealous when removing "die" > statements from ebuilds lately. I've added back to HAL an assortment of > "die" statements. > > I hope this hasn't happened in too many other ebuilds. > Maybe then someone should take a look at bug

[gentoo-dev] List of ebuild functions that die/do not die

2008-12-24 Thread Thomas Sachau
As it seems like noone else is doing something about it, i have started a list with some entries[1]. Please send me more functions and their place and error reports directly to me (via mail or irc). [1]: http://dev.gentoo.org/~tommy/ebuild-functions.txt -- Thomas Sachau Gentoo Linux Develope

Re: [gentoo-dev] List of ebuild functions that die/do not die

2008-12-24 Thread Nirbheek Chauhan
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Thomas Sachau wrote: > As it seems like noone else is doing something about it, i have started a > list with some entries[1]. > Please send me more functions and their place and error reports directly to > me (via mail or irc). I thought that the rules for deter

Re: [gentoo-dev] List of ebuild functions that die/do not die

2008-12-24 Thread Doug Goldstein
Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Thomas Sachau wrote: As it seems like noone else is doing something about it, i have started a list with some entries[1]. Please send me more functions and their place and error reports directly to me (via mail or irc). I thou

Re: [gentoo-dev] List of ebuild functions that die/do not die

2008-12-24 Thread Nirbheek Chauhan
On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Doug Goldstein wrote: > Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: [snip] >> commands that die: >> everything that is implemented as a function (ebuild.sh, eclasses, etc) [snip] > > Technically the rule is that eclasses shouldn't die. At least that's the > latest version of the rules

[gentoo-dev] Re: List of ebuild functions that die/do not die

2008-12-24 Thread Steve Long
Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:50 PM, Doug Goldstein wrote: >> Nirbheek Chauhan wrote: > [snip] >>> commands that die: >>> everything that is implemented as a function (ebuild.sh, eclasses, etc) > [snip] >> >> Technically the rule is that eclasses shouldn't die. At least that

[gentoo-dev] Removal of net-misc/udhcp will break systems

2008-12-24 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
Not sure where to report this. net-misc/udhcp got masked recently with following notice: - net-misc/udhcp-0.9.9_pre20041216-r4 (masked by: package.mask) /usr/portage/profiles/package.mask: # Diego Pettenò (23 Dec 2008) # Mask these for removal, busybox provides those already, and are

Re: [gentoo-dev] Time to say goodbye

2008-12-24 Thread Daniel Black
Thanks for all your great work over the years. Much appreciated. Best wishes for whatever you end up doing. -- Daniel Black Gentoo Foundation