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On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 13:02 +0100, Stroller wrote: |
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> On 23 June 2011, at 22:57, Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> >> ... I just keep entries in alphabetical order in single |
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> >> files. I find it easier. |
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> > That doesn't help with linked packages with different names. If foo |
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> > requires libbar with USE="snafu", I put it in/etc/portage/package.use/foo |
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> > Then if I remove foo, I remove the use file. If they were alphabetically |
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> > sorted, and therefore separate, in one file, I wouldn't make the |
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> > connection. |
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> Mine isn't sorted, but it's only 20 items or so and it's grouped into "categories" of related programs. A few months ago I cleared out entries for a few programs that I no longer use - I would guess I will notice to do so again in another year or so. |
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> Any packages which are listed because they're dependencies of something else, I add that as a # comment at the beginning of the line. |
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> I like the idea of package.use as a directory of indie files, but haven't bothered switching over because this works so well for me. The package.use directory system seems too simple to be true - is it really no more complex than a directory of any-named files of the same format? |
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> Stroller. |
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Yes, its just directories ... but I switched one system over to it and |
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ran for a year or so in parallel with systems that are original - I am |
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going to switch back as its teeing me off big time. |
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"Sounded a good idea" - sucks in practise, making management more time |
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consuming and harder than it needed to be for absolutely no gain. Think |
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of it this way, do you want to manage one keyword file or dozens. The |
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heirarchal idea sounds good, but its just more work, more letters to |
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type, more files to search for packages, etc. |
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On a small, heavily managed server it might work, but ... |
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BillK |
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William Kenworthy <billk@×××××××××.au> |
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