Subject: Re: CVS commit: src/distrib/sets
To: Daniel Carosone <dan@geek.com.au>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: source-changes
Date: 11/11/2004 13:45:53
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On Nov 11, 2004, at 1:41 PM, Daniel Carosone wrote:

> I (in clever sysadmin mode) can certainly see strong arguments for
> multiple DBDIR's, such as the shared /usr (or shared /usr/pkg!)
> examples.  I can also predict potential problems where dependencies
> exist between packages in different shared filesystems that can be
> seen and manipulated only in part from different machines, and that
> the tools will need to help me figure out what i've done wrong at
> least.

I think I've come around to the opinion that "shared /usr" or "shared 
/usr/pkg" is a configuration that a power user should figure out for 
themselves, and not something that we should try to support in the base 
tools.

         -- Jason R. Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>


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