From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B915A1396D0 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 10:19:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C055DE0E59; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 10:19:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 76A56E0DF3 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 10:19:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.0.101] (p57AB49A6.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [87.171.73.166]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: mrueg) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 4EFB0341A31 for ; Sat, 19 Aug 2017 10:19:23 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] [RFC] [PATCH] dev-util/shadowman: Unified tool to update ccache/distcc/icecc shadow dir To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org References: <20170817083641.3507-1-mgorny@gentoo.org> From: =?UTF-8?Q?Manuel_R=c3=bcger?= Message-ID: <0590c254-ff90-f460-5625-8290b9e06713@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 12:19:18 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:52.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/52.2.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <20170817083641.3507-1-mgorny@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Language: en-GB Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: e41baf7e-f2fc-4fb8-87c9-67567d4a0bb0 X-Archives-Hash: 5aa8854d62e0e521fd8527e3d5c86b8d On 17.08.2017 10:36, Michał Górny wrote: > Hi, everyone. > > I've written a new tool called shadowman [1] that aims to partially > replace the current *-config tools shipped with ccache, distcc, icecc > and potentially more. > > Why? Because the existing tools are inconsistent, inconvenient > and usually incomplete. The README [2] states a number of advantages: > > | 1. one usage syntax that works for all tools, > | > | 2. ability to update/clean masquerades for multiple tools in one call, > | > | 3. consistent (and *good*) implementation -- now all tools get the same > | executable list, > | > | 4. reduced code duplication, > | > | 5. modular layout that allows adding extra tools/compiler wildcards > | by third-party packages. > > This thread includes patches that: > > a. add the package for shadowman (skipping some bundled modules for > external inclusion) -- for testing it's just a live ebuild with full > keyword set; I will obviously change that before the final inclusion; > > b. adds shadowman support to ccache, distcc & icecream packages > (preserving the old utilities for compatibility), > > c. adds shadowman update call to toolchain.eclass & clang ebuilds > so that the masquerades get updated automatically on gcc/clang upgrade. > > Please review. Alternatively available as PR on GitHub [3]. > > [1]:https://github.com/mgorny/shadowman > [2]:https://github.com/mgorny/shadowman/blob/master/README > [3]:https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/pull/5386 > > Have you considered moving it under the gentoo umbrella (e.g., mirror it on git.gentoo.org or move it to the gentoo organisation)? Thanks, Manuel