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From: Jason Stubbs <jstubbs@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: logrotate
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2005 17:25:37
Message-Id: 200504300225.38083.jstubbs@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: logrotate by Chris Gianelloni
1 On Saturday 30 April 2005 00:52, Chris Gianelloni wrote:
2 > On Fri, 2005-04-29 at 22:55 +0900, Jason Stubbs wrote:
3 > > The only thing I think is necessary to improve for this to work is the
4 > > method in which a package's config method is invoked. Doing it via emerge
5 > > would be much more intuitive. Something like "emerge --config
6 > > dev-db/mysql"? Use standard atom matching within the installed package
7 > > database and use the standard "please be specific" message when more than
8 > > one package matches.
9 >
10 > That would be very cool. I expect it by COB today.
11
12 How's this?
13
14 # emerge config
15 !!! config can only take a single package atom at this time
16
17 # emerge config db
18
19 The following packages available:
20 * sys-libs/db-4.2.52_p2
21 * sys-libs/db-1.85-r2
22
23 Please use a specific atom or the --ask option.
24
25 # emerge config db --ask
26
27 Please select a package to configure:
28 1) sys-libs/db-4.2.52_p2
29 2) sys-libs/db-1.85-r2
30 X) Cancel
31 Selection? [1/2/X] 1
32
33 Ready to configure sys-libs/db-4.2.52_p2? [Yes/No] y
34
35
36 Regards,
37 Jason Stubbs

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New global USE flag: logrotate Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>