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I'll state now that I like the idea of multiple files. |
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Bill K wrote thusly ... |
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> This is the reason that ufed has become so popular, and I think |
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> necessary - the complexity is getting too much. |
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For USE flags the complexity has increased, mainly because the number of |
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USE flags has grown and it's not possible to remember every single flag |
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and what effect it is going to have on building of packages. |
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> Would a ufed like utility for make.conf be a better approach? |
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I really don't like the idea of YAGU (Yet Another Gentoo Utility). I |
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really like the fact that I can just edit the text files and I don't need |
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to start up a utility to do it. |
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The other reason I don't like YAGU is that someone will have to write it |
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and maintain it, this is not a trivial task as changes to portage will |
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eventually have some impact on how the utility is written and performs. |
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> I am not so keen on |
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> spawning a number of small bit files for a make.cond.d as that does not |
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> fix the managebility issue - you will have to edit many files in turn, |
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> instead of just one file every time. |
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OK, about the only time that you will have to edit many files in turn is |
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during the initial installation process. Personally I don't think that |
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this is a bad thing, if the documentation is accurate then the |
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installation process (editing the files) is an excellent educational |
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experience for new users. |
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This issue was initially raised due to the fact that a small change to |
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/etc/make.conf and then merging those changes using etc-update gets very |
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tiresome. Generally the changes are simply to the comments and the |
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comments of only one section. By having multiple files then only one file |
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(section) will be touched and you don't have to worry about the other 250 |
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lines. [not having looked but could/can the "Merging trivial updates..." |
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stage of etc-update handle merging these comments?] |
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Troy Dack |
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