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Hi all, I am proposing we add a new file to the portage tree directories. I |
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was thinking something like the pkg_descr files in freebsd ports. It could |
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have a slightly more detailed description, the install process ( from the |
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portage point of view ) as well as homepage and ftp urls and possibly a |
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brief gentoo-changelog. It could look something like this. |
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Description: gkrellm-0.9.1 - A nifty app that combines a system load |
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monitor, mem, swap, fs, and net monitors (among others) into a single |
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process for X. It's themeable and will take plugins ( i.e. gkrellmmms, |
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gkrellm-wireless etc.). |
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Homepage: http://www.gkrellm.org |
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ftp://www.gkrellm.org |
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Install Process: This makefile works well so all I had to do was add the |
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dodoc statements |
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# [ or conversely ] |
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# Install Process: Inhospitable makefile, had to completely install it by |
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# hand with dobin etc. Submitted patch to makefile upstream. |
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Changes: |
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gkrellm-0.5.1-r4: |
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* fixed the doc install |
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* Info files going into right place now |
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Caveats: Installing this will break your fingers in three places and |
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possibly cause X to dump large core files in the current dir every 7 |
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seconds. Also will overwrite any config files you have in /etc/exim/ |
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Contributors: My mom submitted a patch for the Makefile that I apply here. |
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#------ SNIP |
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I just think it'd be nice to have a file that we can less to find out what |
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a package is, sometimes the name isn't enough as I can't possibly keep |
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straight everything and the DESCRIPTION in the ebuild isn't great since |
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noone wants to clutter everything up. |
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I'm also not suggesting we take the next 3 months to write these for the |
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existing packages, just adding them for new ones or possibly when updating. |
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-- |
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Ben Lutgens |
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Sistina Software Inc. |
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What's the difference between root and God ? |
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God doesn't think that he is root. |