[packages/ipmitool] do not suggest some crafted script when there are contemporary and generic module loaders

Elan Ruusamäe glen at pld-linux.org
Thu Jul 28 12:08:56 CEST 2016


On 28.07.2016 00:50, Tomasz Pala wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 23:31:36 +0200, Tomasz Pala wrote:
>
>>> >>it's soft dep. soft deps are to inform user of suggested packages
>> >
>> >And this one should not be suggested. This package should be entirely
>> >removed.
> Similar cleanup was done years ago in lm_sensors:
>
> http://git.pld-linux.org/gitweb.cgi?p=packages/lm_sensors.git;a=commitdiff;h=ed9691db2aa168387fb4ff788d934b5b3127e9e7
>
> and there is no reason for creating init scripts loading every single
> module out there (joystick-init, alsa-init, floppy-init, usb-init?!) If
> you want modules loaded, that ARE NOT handled by udev/systemd, just put
> them in /etc/modules.d or provide /etc/modules-load.d/ipmi.conf.
> Suggesting script which tries to mknod something is a NO GO. Not in XXI
> century.
as you did not replaced existing "-init" solution with described one, 
you should not just go and remove the suggest.

revert the change or finish the transition!

-- 
glen



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