Re: [gentoo-user] Time to move on?

[Stroller]

On 24 Mar 2009, at 02:34, Albert Hopkins wrote:

> On Mon, 2009-03-23 at 18:58 -0500, Dale wrote:
>> Albert Hopkins wrote:
>>> On Sun, 2009-03-22 at 22:18 -0500, Dale wrote:
>>>
>>>> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:26:40 -0500, Dale wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>>> emerge -pvDu --reinstall changed-use @world
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ??? Certainly a lot more typing. ;-)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Use an alias and it's less typing.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Or add it to make.conf.  I think that would work too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> It would work, every time you called emerge, whether you wanted
>>>>> that
>>>>> option or not.I prefer to have  aliases for commands with
>>>>> options that I
>>>>> call often, but not every time.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I'm not real familiar with aliases but know what it is.  If you
>>>> use the
>>>> alias method, how would you disable it for a one time run?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Uh.. you don't "disable" it.  You simply don't use the alias.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Oh, OK.  <Dale waves hand over head.>  If it is set up to add that
>> option, how do you tell it not to use it?
>
> Unless I'm misunderstanding something...
>
> It's not an "option". It's an alias.  If you have
>
>    $ alias myalias="emerge --foo --bar --baz"
>
> Then to use the alias you simply type
>
>    $ myalias
>
> If you don't want to use the alias, well, don't type it. I.e.
>
>    $ emerge --la --di --dah
>
> or
>
>    $ someotheralias
>
> Or perhaps you don't aren't understanding what shell aliases are?
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alias_(command)
>

Every time you bottom post with more than a page or screenful of  
quoting, a top-posting is justified.

Stroller.