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On Tuesday 23 June 2009 01:17:16 Dale wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> > On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:51:31 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: |
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> >> I'm mostly running stable with exceptions being enabled |
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> >> via the /etc/portage file structure. Usually it's small, |
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> >> but now with kde4, BLOAT is my modus operandi, |
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> >> not by choice...... |
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> > It's easier to manage if you make portage.keywords a directory then put |
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> > the actual packages in files within that directory. That way you can |
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> > separate the files needed to run KDE4 from any other group of packages. |
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> > |
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> > All package.* files in /etc/portage can be replaced a directories, then |
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> > all the files in that directory are considered as a whole. |
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> For some reason, my light bulb has still not came on so here comes some |
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> questions. I would create /etc/portage/package.keywords then inside |
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> that another directory or a set of files? Say, one named KDE4 to put |
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> all of KDE4 and it's little friends and then another for some other set |
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> of packages? Is this sort of like the sets thing which I am still |
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> curious about? |
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Yes, precisely. |
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If package.keywords is a single file, then all your keywords must be in that |
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file. This is difficult for ebuilds to manipulate, and difficult for you to |
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edit too. If I send you my list of KDE keywords, you have to copy paste the |
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lot into a file and put comments at the start and end so you know what it all |
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is. |
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If package.keywords is a directory, then portage/ebuilds/tools/you can add and |
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remove entire files easily, leaving everything else untouched. |
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> Right now, package.keywords and friends are files not directories. |
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> Maybe tarring up your portage directory and emailing me off list would |
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> help? I need a light bulb moment here. :/ |
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It's easy. As root: |
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cd /etc/portage |
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mv package.keywords package.keywords~ |
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mkdir package.keywords |
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mv package.keywords~ package.keywords/package.keywords |
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The destination file in the last command can be named anything you like. |
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Now, if you install enlightenment, create and edit |
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/etc/portage/package.keywords/e17 |
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If I send you my KDE keywords as an attachment, right-click, Save As, |
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/etc/portage/package.keywords/kde4 |
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Done, sorted. |
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