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On Sat, Oct 29, 2005 at 10:17:31PM -0700, George Lober wrote: |
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> Thank you and Zac Medico for your replies. The examples show how trivial |
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> the solution can be. I do think though that there are less knowledgeable |
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> Gentoo users out there (like myself) who aren't Bash programmers or |
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> command line wizzes, and don't have the time or inclination to become |
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> ones for the sake of something like this, who would appreciate having |
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> the function built into Portage. I just thought of this myself and I |
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> have been using Gentoo for several years. I think if you present the |
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> option to users, they will become aware of the possibility and will end |
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> up using it. |
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Well, the problem (as I see it) with building something like this into |
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emerge is that you are making a special case for one program, when |
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really this is functionality which is useful for any long running |
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command line program. |
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Additionally, sticking with the more traditional "UNIX Way" of doing |
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things allows more flexibility. For example, if someone wants to be |
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emailed when portage fails, |
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emerge foo || mail -s "emerge died!" foo@×××.com < /dev/null |
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It's a pretty elegant system IMHO. |
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-jason pepas |
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