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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: Having a seperate package for libiptc
From:       Bjarke Istrup Pedersen <gurligebis () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2008-10-25 0:50:30
Message-ID: 49026D56.5030306 () gentoo ! org
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Robin H. Johnson skrev:
| On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:52:40AM +0200, Bjarke Istrup Pedersen wrote:
|> What do you think - Should I add this library ebuild to the tree, or
|> should I just give up getting miniupnpd added to the tree, since there
|> is no alternative to using libiptc?
|> I already have an ebuild for it that compiles iptables, and just
|> installs the headers and library files, and my local tests shows that it
|> works fine here.
| Unless vapier has a strong reason not to include libiptc, you should
| rather just modify the main iptables ebuild to install the library
| again.
|
| Adding a separate variant of the package just for the library is a sure
| way to cause missed security patches and bugfixes later on (see shades
| of xpdf).
|

Okay, I'll ask him for input on it :)
Thanks.
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