Re: [gentoo-dev] Virtual for tftp server

2011-05-02 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Mon, 2 May 2011, Maxim Koltsov wrote: > Ok, please take a look at net-misc/ris-linux. It's used for network > installing windows, therefore user will need tftp, samba and friends, > so i added them to RDEPEND for convinience. Do you think we must ask > user to install them by hand by elog

Re: [gentoo-dev] Virtual for tftp server

2011-05-01 Thread Maxim Koltsov
2011/5/2 Mike Frysinger : > i dont think so.  i cant see RDEPENDing on a random tftp server being > terribly useful here, and it certainly isnt a requirement.  elog it > and be done. > -mike > Ok, please take a look at net-misc/ris-linux. It's used for network installing windows, therefore user wil

Re: [gentoo-dev] Virtual for tftp server

2011-05-01 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 17:01, Maxim Koltsov wrote: > 2011/5/2 Ciaran McCreesh: >> Since suggested dependencies don't exist yet, what's wrong with just >> elogging a message suggesting the user install a tftp server of their >> choice? > > I think this is uncomfortable for user. i dont think so. i

Re: [gentoo-dev] Virtual for tftp server

2011-05-01 Thread Maxim Koltsov
2011/5/2 Ciaran McCreesh : > If it doesn't care about what the tftp server is, presumably that means > that the package itself doesn't actually use the tftp server (and if > it did call the tftp server, it would need to know the syntax for each > individual package, so it wouldn't be a virtual). So

Re: [gentoo-dev] Virtual for tftp server

2011-05-01 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 4:34 PM, Maxim Koltsov wrote: > I'm going to add such a package to the tree tomorrow, > http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=365605. Can you write ebuild > for this virtual, because i'm not familliar with new-style virtuals > yet? > > Just create an package "virtual/tftp-

Re: [gentoo-dev] Virtual for tftp server

2011-05-01 Thread Ciaran McCreesh
On Sun, 1 May 2011 23:04:54 +0400 Maxim Koltsov wrote: > Assuming we have a package, that want to have any tftp server on > system, no matter which one exactly, what must we set in DEPEND? I > think creating virtual for tftp server would be nice. If it doesn't care about what the tftp server is,

Re: [gentoo-dev] Virtual for tftp server

2011-05-01 Thread Maxim Koltsov
I'm going to add such a package to the tree tomorrow, http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=365605. Can you write ebuild for this virtual, because i'm not familliar with new-style virtuals yet?

Re: [gentoo-dev] Virtual for tftp server

2011-05-01 Thread Aaron W. Swenson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA256 On 05/01/2011 03:04 PM, Maxim Koltsov wrote: > Hi, > Assuming we have a package, that want to have any tftp server on > system, no matter which one exactly, what must we set in DEPEND? I > think creating virtual for tftp server would be nice. > Maxim

[gentoo-dev] Virtual for tftp server

2011-05-01 Thread Maxim Koltsov
Hi, Assuming we have a package, that want to have any tftp server on system, no matter which one exactly, what must we set in DEPEND? I think creating virtual for tftp server would be nice. Maxim