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On Monday 11 September 2006 03:44, Zac Medico wrote: |
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> Hi everyone, |
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> Portage currently has two hard-coded lists of variables that control |
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> the behavior of env-update. I'd like to make these variables |
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> configurable so that package maintainers have direct control over |
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> them. The variables break down into two basic types: colon |
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> separated and space separated. |
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> What is the best way to propagate information about these two |
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> variable types? For example, we can have a list of variable names |
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> stored in a new variable called "COLON_SEPARATED" that will reside |
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> in either the profiles or /etc/env.d/ itself. Variable names not |
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> listed in COLON_SEPARATED can be assumed to be space separated. |
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> Does anyone have any ideas to share about how this information |
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> should be propagated? |
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There should also be a third list (or the absense of inclusion in the above). |
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That is those variables that can only have one value and are overridden |
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instead of appended. |
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Paul |
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Paul de Vrieze |
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Gentoo Developer |
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Mail: pauldv@g.o |
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Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net |