On 10/12/2017 02:24 PM, Francesco Riosa wrote:
> hi,
>
> FEATURES=splitdebug at the moment require package dev-util/debugedit
> which is a lagging behind upstream.
> However package app-arch/rpm (from which debugedit is forked) always
> install the same binary in ${ROOT}/usr/libexec/rpm/debugedit.
>
> In 2017 I don't see much value in maintaining a fork from a package
> (rpm) that weight less than 3MB when the functionality we need is
> already all upstreamed. But if there is someone willing to keep it up to
> date, that's totally fine.
>
> Provided we^W you keep dev-util/debugedit indefinitely it's possible to
> provide more useful choices to the users with at least two courses of
> action:
>
> 1) instruct ${package_manager} to search for `debugedit` first in
> ${PATH} _and_ then in /usr/libexec/rpm/debugedit.
> This way dev-util/debugedit take precedence, if it's not installed and
> app-arch/rpm is, then the latter will be used.
I like the first option.
I've filed a bug here:
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=634378
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Thanks,
Zac
