Re: pkg/34860 (New package database/ipa_sdb (database module for sysutils/ipa))

[OBATA Akio <obache%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/34860; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: OBATA Akio <obache%NetBSD.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
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Subject: Re: pkg/34860 (New package database/ipa_sdb (database module for 
sysutils/ipa))
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:11:43 +0900

 On Tue, 23 Jan 2007 10:50:02 +0000 (UTC), Andrey Simonenko wrote:
 >  >  But why are you suggest to use option name different from sysutils/ipa?
 >  
 >  I have already thought about checking set options for sysutils/ipa
 >  from databases/ipa_sdb, but understood that this idea is wrong.
 >  
 >  If some feature is required from sysutils/ipa, then this does not mean
 >  that this feature also should be enabled in databases/ipa_sdb (or any
 >  other module), because modules' methods (functions) can be used only for
 >  parts of ipa.conf or ipastat.conf configuration file.  By default
 >  everything is enabled, if one decides to disable something (to save some
 >  memory and speed up applications), then he/she will need to decide what
 >  and where can be disabled, in any case before using module's methods
 >  ipa and ipastat check if a module has these methods, so they will not
 >  call methods which were disabled.
 
 Same meaning option should have same name, and even if using same option names,
 you can specify options to packages individually.
 Is there any problem?