Gentoo Archives: gentoo-portage-dev

From: Ivan Novick <inovick@×××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-portage-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] User created package lists
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:45:48
Message-Id: 4425493B.8010207@fastmail.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] User created package lists by Brian
1 > Say an admin has a server setup and wants an easy way to monitor a
2 > certain group of packages for updates so he/she can choose to ignore or
3 > update.
4 >
5 > my list = [apache, mod_1, mod_2, mysql, webapp1, webapp2,...]
6 >
7 > having them grouped into one list and doing an:
8 >
9 > # emerge -up --list mylist
10 >
11 > would indicate easily if any packages in the special list are upgradable
12 > irregardless of whether it is in world, system, whatever.
13
14 How about the admin just has a 1 line bash script that says
15
16 emerge -up --list apache, mod_1, mod_2, mysql, webapp1, webapp2,...
17
18 Why create functionality that can easily be accomplished without new
19 functionality?
20
21 Ivan
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