You are the minimalist... Not the rest. Provide a reasonable scenario please.
On July 19, 2018 9:42:11 PM EDT, Andrew Savchenko <birc...@gentoo.org> wrote: >On Thu, 19 Jul 2018 16:51:17 -0500 Ben Kohler wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I'd like to propose adding USE=udev to our linux profiles (in >> profiles/default/linux/make.defaults probably). This flag is already > >> enabled on desktop profiles but it also affects quite a few packages >> used on non-desktop linux systems. >> >> This flag provides useful functionality that most linux users will >want. >> I'm a bit surprised that we still don't have it in all linux >profiles, >> but I think we've worked around this in the past by adding IUSE=+udev >to >> quite a few of those packages (33 packages, 116 ebuilds, by my >count). >> >> This missing flag came to my attention again on bug 661584 where lvm2 > >> has IUSE=+udev but cryptsetup has only IUSE=udev, so non-desktop >users >> have a bit of a mismatch between the 2 and get ugly errors on >cryptsetup. >> >> Since this flag only affects linux, I think it makes more sense to >set >> it in linux profiles than to use IUSE defaults. >> >> Any objections to this idea? > >I have server setups with udev disabled for most packages. So udev >enabled by default will create maintenance problems. While I'm >perfectly fine with udev enabled by default on desktops, it should >not be forced on minimalistic setups like servers or containers. > >Best regards, >Andrew Savchenko -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
