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Hi all, |
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Portage 1.8.5 has been released and contains a number of important |
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feature enhancements. First, this new version of Portage completes the |
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merge process (the process of copying files to your live filesystem) |
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about twice as quickly as previous versions. |
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The other new feature that most people will be interested is the new |
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"update" and "--world update" functionality: |
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Type "emerge update" to upgrade all core system components on your |
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system. Most up-to-date Gentoo Linux users know about this feature |
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already, since it's been around since 1.8.1, however... |
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*NEW* -- Type "emerge --world update" to *fully* upgrade all components |
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on your system -- all core components as well as upgrades to all your |
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installed packages. This is the "full system upgrade" functionality |
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that everyone's been waiting for! |
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Both features support the "--pretend" option. |
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In addition, Portage 1.8.5 features path sandboxing functionality, which |
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in effect "locks down" ebuilds so they can't do any direct modifications |
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to your real filesystem except in certain critical sections. Any |
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sandbox violations will cause an ebuild to abort. |
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Portage 1.8.5 also features Geert Bevin's new fine-grained MAINTAINER |
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variable. To enable sandboxing, add this to /etc/make.conf: |
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MAINTAINER="sandbox" |
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You can also enable the sandbox on a temporary basis as follows: |
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# MAINTAINER="sandbox" emerge foo/bar |
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Unless you want to use the sandbox, most users will not want MAINTAINER |
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to be defined. However, for developers, the new MAINTAINER features are |
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invaluable. Here's a reasonable default setting for all people with cvs |
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read/write access: |
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MAINTAINER="digest cvs sandbox" |
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Here are the MAINTAINER flags now supported: |
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sandbox: enables path sandboxing |
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digest: automatically create digests for new ebuilds |
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cvs: automatically commit new digests to cvs |
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noclean: turn off automatic cleaning of dirs in /var/tmp/portage |
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noauto: don't execute prior ebuild steps automatically |
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Thanks to everyone who contributed to this Portage release! |
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Best Regards, |
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Daniel Robbins <drobbins@g.o> |
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Chief Architect/President http://www.gentoo.org |
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Gentoo Technologies, Inc. |
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