[PATCH] install config files
Mike Frysinger
vapier@gentoo.org
Mon Sep 19 22:12:00 GMT 2011
On Monday, September 19, 2011 15:34:53 Roland McGrath wrote:
> > > The only precedent we have for installing /etc files is /etc/rpc. That
> > > should probably be deprecated or removed from our install since all of
> > > sunrpc is now deprecated. At least some distributions are using a
> > > different file there, too.
> >
> > Gentoo also uses the stock file. in terms of not installing it, wouldn't
> > that break old apps that are linked against an older glibc and thus query
> > this db ?
>
> That's a good point. It was my thinking that TI-RPC would now be
> responsible for installing this file. But I don't even know if it's used
> there. And existing builds that want the file there on a system where
> TI-RPC might not have been installed is a worthwhile consideration.
TI-RPC seems to have rudimentary support for getrpcent() and friends. long
term, i'm not sure there is a solution other than both packages install it in
the respective upstreams and leave it up to the distros as to where it lives.
-mike
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