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On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 06:51:56AM -0700, Alain Penders wrote: |
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> There currently is no real API to portage in any language. The best way to |
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> get information out of portage is using the new 'portageq' command line tool, |
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> which was designed for just that. portageq will also work on the upcoming |
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> portage 2.1, very few of the other interfaces will. If there's things you |
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> need to know from portage that portageq doesn't provide, let me know. |
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What I want is to write is a small script to help me manage my distfiles |
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"collection" - I'm on dial-up, so I usually have to download files first, |
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disconnect (to reduce my connection bills) and build then. But upgrading |
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packages is not the only thing I do with my PC, so I frequently forget |
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about files downloaded and which packages I wanted to upgrade last night |
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:). I also want to know about unfinished downloads, about distfiles I |
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don't need anymore (since they belong to obsolete ebuilds) - not a huge |
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set of functions, but would be really helpful. I want the script to be |
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more or less universal and "right" - i.e. no hardwired paths, so I need |
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the right (i.e. "already existing") way for a perl script to get a |
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portage variable - PORTDIR, DISTDIR is enough. |
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Thanks for pointing me to the portageq. But it doesn't, for example, |
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provide me with a value of DISTDIR variable. BTW, I think its current |
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parameters are kinda redundant - there is no real need for having |
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separate "gentoo_mirrors", "portdir" etc. parameters - something like |
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"--get-env=ENVNAME" would be just fine. |
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Thanks |
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May the bluebird of happiness twiddle your bits. |
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