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On 12/18/2012 11:58 PM, Duncan wrote: |
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> Zac Medico posted on Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:58:42 -0800 as excerpted: |
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>> It's important to clarify that, because /etc/portage/sets (aka GLEP 21 |
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>> User Sets) has already been supported in stable portage since 2.1.11.9 |
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>> [1]. |
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> I didn't know that. Last I knew, stable portage had special-case |
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> acceptance of @system and @world to prepare the way, but I hadn't seen |
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> that full /etc/portage/sets/* and /var/lib/portage/world_sets support was |
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> stabilized. |
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> If indeed it is as you say, I've even more to rejoice about! =:^) |
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Yeah, it's only been in stable for a few months now, so lots of people |
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aren't aware of it yet. |
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> And extended sets support... it'd be nice, but it's beyond the daily |
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> usage I so much depend on sets for, so personally, I see no big need for |
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> it, especially with all the extra complexity it'd bring. |
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> Just to clarify, tho, for those who could use 'em (I don't, but the |
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> gentooers I help on the various lists would likely find them useful): |
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> Are sets such as @live-rebuild and @module-rebuild available in stable, |
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> so I can start mentioning them, or are they part of the "advanced sets |
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> support" you mention as not yet stabilized? |
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The current list available in portage-2.1.10.x, reported by emerge |
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--list-sets is: |
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live-rebuild |
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module-rebuild |
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preserved-rebuild |
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selected |
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system |
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world |
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x11-module-rebuild |
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> And... I thought I was already CCed on the bug (#235454) for this but |
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> apparently not. If sets support is stable already, gentoo-bashcomp could |
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> really use portage tab-completion for sets. =:^) |
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> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=235454 |
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> (Unfortunately I've yet to wrap my head around actually programming bash's |
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> programmable completion functionality or I'd likely post the patches. |
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> The bug had idled for near two years until I just CCed myself.) |
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Thanks, |
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Zac |
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