| 1 |
Hi, |
| 2 |
|
| 3 |
I had an idea I dimsmissed which I thought I should post anyway, on the off chance that it |
| 4 |
might actually get used ;) |
| 5 |
|
| 6 |
I was thinking about how /proc is sometimes used as a bi-directional interface, for example I |
| 7 |
can "echo 1>/proc/whatever" to turn on ping flood protection or something similar. I was |
| 8 |
wondering how practical it would be to have a similar thing for portage? |
| 9 |
|
| 10 |
If I could say "echo gimp>/proc/portage/install" or "cat /proc/portage/packages" etc then |
| 11 |
this would mean that it would be very easy to write front ends for portage, plus with this |
| 12 |
minimal interface it would be very nice to use in scripts... I know it would be a massive |
| 13 |
kernel module, and probably too much effort to actually produce/maintain but I thought you |
| 14 |
should hear the idea... have a think about it please |
| 15 |
|
| 16 |
- Tom |
Archives