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On Sun, 2011-12-25 at 11:34 +0200, Kfir Lavi wrote: |
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> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Joakim Tjernlund |
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> <joakim.tjernlund@×××××××××.se> wrote: |
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> I got the impression from docs that PKG_INSTALL_MASK would |
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> mask files out so they never get into the binary package, this |
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> doesn't |
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> seem to happen. |
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> Did I misunderstand? If I did, I think an MASK to do the above |
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> would be a worthy addition to quickpkg, very useful for |
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> embedded targets to keep the pkg size down. |
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> Also PKG_INSTALL_KEEP which would list files keep(rest is |
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> dropped) would be nice. |
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> Oh, something else I wonder about. How does pre/post install |
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> work with |
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> quickpkgs? Is it possible to have such scripts and then have |
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> qmerge execute |
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> them? |
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> Jocke |
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> Yes, PKG_INSTALL_MASK on time of installation will mask the files |
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> defined in it. |
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> Binary package do contain all files, even the masked files. |
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> Kfir |
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$PKG_INSTALL_MASK is supposed to omit the files in it's list from making |
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it into the binary pkgs in the first place. The idea there was to make |
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smaller binary pkgs for embedded devices and such (for use only with |
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private repos). |
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$INSTALL_MASK is supposed to omit the files listed in it from being |
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installed on the file system. |
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solar <solar@g.o> |
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Gentoo Linux |