On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 12:01:07AM -0600, William Hubbs wrote: > The dependencies on module-init-tools in the tree should be changed to > virtual/modutils. I am willing to do this myself if no one objects. If I > do, should I open individual bugs for the packages? As kernel-misc, I've fixed them all up.
> Also, this brings up another question. I replaced module-init-tools in > the system set with virtual/modutils. But, since it is possible to have > a linux system with a monolithic kernel, should this even be in the > system set? If not, once the dependencies are correct, I propose > dropping virtual/modutils from the system set. I think we should examine dropping virtual/modutils from system. It'll be on most systems anyway however. It's needed to build any kernel, so the only place where it won't be would be a system with a monolithic kernel that was built on a different host and copied over or used for booting without being on the filesystem (common in VMs). -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Developer, Trustee & Infrastructure Lead E-Mail : robb...@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85
