On Monday 24 March 2008, Doug Goldstein wrote: > Mike Frysinger wrote: > > On Monday 24 March 2008, Doug Goldstein wrote: > >> /etc/modules.autoload.d has always allowed module parameters to appear > >> after the module name. > >> > >> /etc/conf.d/modules has allowed a completely different syntax requiring > >> variables based on the module name to be set with the module parameters. > >> > >> This is where Roy and I have been stuck as far as an automatic > >> conversion process. The stuff you included in the openrc-9999 ebuild was > >> something I had sent to Roy months ago before I realized module > >> parameters would be an issue. Looking at a swath of various > >> /etc/modules.autoload.d/ files, I haven't come up with shell code that > >> does the right thing everytime with all the files, which is why I've > >> left it up to being a manual process for the user and simply documenting > >> it. > > > > expecting users to read and do it themselves is certainly a path to > > destruction for many. while i could have written it in shell, i just did > > it in awk. i hope you're just overstating things when you say months, > > because FIXED:INCVS. > > > > we're going to need to extend the syntax anyways to allow for > > per-version-per-module arguments. unless openrc does that now ... Roy ? > > Currently OpenRC does not support per-version-per-module arguments. What > is your proposed syntax?
i'd assume logically extended based on existing behavior. Roy's done it now though. -mike
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