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On Wednesday 03 January 2007 13:03, Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D) wrote: |
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> Hi folks, |
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> Has the idea of distributing custom package.mask files occured? |
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> This way you can "mask off" certain versions of software and hence |
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> limit updates to minor changes. You can then use these on systems you |
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> want to keep as stable as possible, use a test machine to test |
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> changes to the package.mask and then roll it out. Might make |
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> management of many workstations/servers easier. |
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> Alternatively incorporating a custom package.mask into a custom boot |
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> CD could provide the basis of a Gentoo-derived custom distro? |
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portage already does this, in the profile. It's what defines |
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the 'system' package set. |
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For an example, look in the files |
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in /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1/ - you can define USE |
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flags, required packages, versions of those packages, and basically |
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everything you mention above |
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alan |
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