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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: removing dhcpcd from system???
From:       Jason Rhinelander <jason () gossamer-threads ! com>
Date:       2004-10-01 0:06:37
Message-ID: 415C9F8D.40700 () gossamer-threads ! com
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Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:51:20 -0700 Jason Rhinelander
> | it is really such a concern, wouldn't it be sufficient to add a 'dhcp'
> | USE flag to baselayout?  If set, it could simply add
> | virtual/dhcp-client to RDEPEND.
> 
> Yuck. I'm not a fan of USE flags which just pull in deps if they don't
> alter what's actually installed. Now, if the dhcp code in baselayout was
> optional (which it isn't and shouldn't be), a USE flag would make sense,
> but for just pulling in another package? Bleh...
> 

Oh, I agree, but do you see a better solution?

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