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On Fri, Aug 24, 2001 at 01:04:35PM +0200, Mikael Hallendal wrote: |
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: Den 24 Aug 2001 11:04:59 +0200 skrev Sebastian Werner: |
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: > The root makefile contains a variable TOPSUBDIRS which select the |
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: > subdirs to build and install. |
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: > We could patch this file to delete some entries in this variable. |
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: > I mean that i don't want to use three editors for example. I need |
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: > only one editor in KDE: kate |
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: > So i wouldn't install kedit for example |
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: What about the people that _do_ want kedit and not kate? |
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: I would like some pre-build configuration stuff. With a question to the |
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: user, do you want to configure this package before building it? It would |
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: make the Portage tree more flexible than just using USE-variables. I'm |
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: not sure if this fits into the Portage system though. |
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: But in this case it would be something like: |
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: Do you want to configure KDE-base [y/N]: Y |
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: Which editor would you like: [Kate/kedit/all]: <enter> |
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: ... |
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: Installing KDE-base with the following programs: |
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: Editor: Kate |
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: ... |
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: Is this correct [Y/n]: <enter> |
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: Start installing.. |
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: We could have some kind of timeout on the first question so that if you |
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: do an automatic build it wouldn't stop at the question if you are not at |
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: the computer. |
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: What do you think, drobbins? |
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I think that this goes against the current vision of the portage system. |
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Currently, a portage should build w/out *any* user interaction. There |
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are still some bugs to get worked out, but I think that's still where |
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we're heading. Keep in mind, I'm not speaking for Dan, just relating |
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things as I understand them. |
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That being said, I want to once again point out that the portage system |
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does allow one to have a /usr/portage/local directory. Have you thought |
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about configuring the ebuild to meet your specific needs and sticking it |
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in there? |
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--Jerry |
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name: Jerry Alexandratos || Open-Source software isn't a |
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phone: 703.599.6023 || matter of life or death... |
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email: jerry@×××××××.org || ...It's much more important |
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|| than that! |
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