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On 3/1/08, Jonas Bernoulli <jonas@×××××××××.cc> wrote: |
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> Hello |
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> I was aware that the alternative package managers provide hooks for |
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> some time now, but only found out recently that portage also has this |
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> feature. Unfortunately I was not able to find any documentation about |
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> it. I found some information related to hooks in portage on this list |
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> and elsewhere but all of those sources assumed that the reader already |
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> knows the basics. |
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> So what I am looking for is a tutorial along the lines "howto write |
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> you first portage hook function". Of course a more in-depth |
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> description would also be welcome. If something like this already |
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> exists I apologize for not searching enough, and kindly ask you to |
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> point you to the location. |
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> The earlies post about hooks on this list seam to be from 2005, so I |
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> was a bit surprised I could not find any documentation about them. In |
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> my opinion this should be documented in the handbook. I can only |
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> assume that either no one found the time to write it or that hooks are |
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> intentionally not documented to prevent users from messing things up |
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> and then filling untraceable bug reports. So if later were the case I |
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> would still be very thankful if you could answer me in private, even |
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> though I think this should be documented in public. |
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Do not attribute to malice what can easily be attributed to laziness ;) |
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> --Jonas |
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