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hi all. |
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I just discovered the etcat utility which is really great. In fact, I |
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had a problem with quake3-nsco, and someone told me that there was a |
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"dedicated" USE flag for this package. I had no idea that it was |
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possible to get available flags for a package, and I think a lot of |
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gentoo users don't do an etcat before emerging something. |
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That's why I propore a new tool in portage. This would be a frontend to |
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emerge. I already proposed it a couple of months ago. I won't be able |
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to develop it, but I know some devs here with great skills in python. |
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(BTW, I couldn't find the portage API doc, just : |
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http://dev.gentoo.org/~g2boojum/portage.html#importing-portage |
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). |
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The tool would be developed in python + dialog |
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(http://pythondialog.sourceforge.net/), since we could use the portage |
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api directly. |
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First Menu : |
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- Portage update (-> emerge rsync) |
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- Portage upgrade (-> emerge -UDp world, then UD world) |
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- Emerge a package (-> see bellow) |
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- Quit |
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-> Emerge a package will display a menu with all categories from |
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/usr/portage/profiles/categories. |
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When a category is selected, the tool would display all packages in this |
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category : |
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[ X ] package packages Desc (This package is installed) |
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[ ] package2 other package Desc (package not installed). |
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--> When selecting a new package : |
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(for exemple : games-fps/quake3-nsco-1.45) |
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[ X ] opengl : Adds support for OpenGL |
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[ X ] X : Adds support for XFree86 |
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[ ] dedicated : Adds support for dedicated game servers |
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[ OK ] [UNMERGE] [CANCEL] |
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-> The user can see all available USE flags for this package. If he |
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changes a flag, the package will be emerged again with the new option. |
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He also have the possibility of unmerge it. |
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Someone interrested ? please let me know. |
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