[Dev] OpenRC groups - Was: linux-libre is not part of the base group anymore

[Bill Auger]

i also noticed this week when working on the calamares installer that
the kernel is not in the 'base' group - i had to require the
'linux-libre' package separately to complete a fresh install - this is
reasonable though as there several kernels to choose from so the one
in the base group would be superfluous for every other use case


On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Megver83 <megver83 at openmailbox.org> wrote:
>
> openrc-base only offers you the init scripts for services in the base
> group, but not base packages, while base-openrc offers all the base
> packages and OpenRC init scripts.

that is unnecessarily confusing it could be renamed - something like:
  'base-openrc-init-scripts'
  'base-openrc-init'
  'base-openrc-scripts'
  'openrc-init-scripts'

On Sat, Jun 10, 2017 at 11:50 AM, Megver83 <megver83 at openmailbox.org> wrote:
> El 10/06/17 a las 06:09, reg_ at openmailbox.org escribió:
>> On 2017-06-10 03:15, Megver83 wrote:
>>> base-openrc purpose is to offer the same base installation as the 'base'
>>> group but with OpenRC instead of Systemd, so that users have the
>>> possibility to install Parabola with OpenRC in fresh installations.
>>
>> I was not aware that there was such a group, this is nice! I think we
>> should mention this in:
>> * OpenRC's wiki page (https://wiki.parabola.nu/OpenRC)
>> * Somewhere in the installation guide
>> (https://wiki.parabola.nu/Installation_Guide)
>
> Well thought!
>
>> There's also a group called openrc-base
>> (https://www.parabola.nu/groups/x86_64/openrc-base/).
>> Is there really a need for having two separate groups? Can't they be
>> merged into one?
>
> openrc-base only offers you the init scripts for services in the base
> group, but not base packages, while base-openrc offers all the base
> packages and OpenRC init scripts.
>
>>
>> On 2017-06-10 03:15, Megver83 wrote:
>>> El 09/06/17 a las 18:18, Isaac David escribió:
>>>> Reg wrote:
>>>>> I was installing Parabola on a new computer today and noticed that the
>>>>> linux-libre package is not included in the base group anymore.
>>>>>
>>>>> I suppose that's not intended, so I thought I'd report it.
>>>>
>>>> you are right.
>>>>
>>>> the problem seems to be that the groups=() definition is now only
>>>> evaluated if [ "${pkgbase}" = "linux" ], instead of the former
>>>> [ "${pkgbase}" = "linux-libre" ]
>>>>
>>>> also, base-openrc was taken out of the groups. was that on purpose?
>>>>
>>>
>>> base-openrc purpose is to offer the same base installation as the 'base'
>>> group but with OpenRC instead of Systemd, so that users have the
>>> possibility to install Parabola with OpenRC in fresh installations.
>>>
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