From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 26456 invoked by uid 1002); 14 Sep 2003 15:39:09 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gentoo-dev-help@gentoo.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Received: (qmail 5398 invoked from network); 14 Sep 2003 15:39:09 -0000 From: Chris Gianelloni To: lafou@wanadoo.fr Cc: Gentoo-dev In-Reply-To: <1063491139.19099.3.camel@biproc> References: <1063491139.19099.3.camel@biproc> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-rp9mPqMSf5YjX/YOBuze" Message-Id: <1063553725.27753.6.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.3 Date: 14 Sep 2003 11:35:25 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] emerge improvment X-Archives-Salt: 9225dc86-44d6-4ce0-bef3-f862be146896 X-Archives-Hash: 714d36018066fa0e3edc359fb925ba83 --=-rp9mPqMSf5YjX/YOBuze Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 18:12, Philippe Lafoucri=E8re wrote: > hi all. >=20 > I just discovered the etcat utility which is really great. In fact, I > had a problem with quake3-nsco, and someone told me that there was a > "dedicated" USE flag for this package. I had no idea that it was > possible to get available flags for a package, and I think a lot of > gentoo users don't do an etcat before emerging something. emerge -vp quake3-nsco > That's why I propore a new tool in portage. This would be a frontend to > emerge. I already proposed it a couple of months ago. I won't be able > to develop it, but I know some devs here with great skills in python. > (BTW, I couldn't find the portage API doc, just : > http://dev.gentoo.org/~g2boojum/portage.html#importing-portage > ). >=20 > The tool would be developed in python + dialog > (http://pythondialog.sourceforge.net/), since we could use the portage > api directly. >=20 > First Menu : >=20 > - Portage update (-> emerge rsync) > - Portage upgrade (-> emerge -UDp world, then UD world) > - Emerge a package (-> see bellow) > - Quit=20 >=20 > -> Emerge a package will display a menu with all categories from=20 > /usr/portage/profiles/categories. > When a category is selected, the tool would display all packages in this > category : >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > [ X ] package packages Desc (This package is installed) > [ ] package2 other package Desc (package not installed). >=20 >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > --> When selecting a new package : > (for exemple : games-fps/quake3-nsco-1.45) >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > [ X ] opengl : Adds support for OpenGL > [ X ] X : Adds support for XFree86 > [ ] dedicated : Adds support for dedicated game servers >=20 >=20 > [ OK ] [UNMERGE] [CANCEL] >=20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------- >=20 > -> The user can see all available USE flags for this package. If he > changes a flag, the package will be emerged again with the new option. > He also have the possibility of unmerge it. >=20 > Someone interrested ? please let me know. >=20 >=20 > -- > gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list --=20 Chris Gianelloni Developer, Gentoo Linux Games Team Is your power animal a penguin? --=-rp9mPqMSf5YjX/YOBuze Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/ZIq9kT4lNIS36YERAhN7AJ9/8fJnFXroPiAgXz2IdnprP60YcQCcCrkK zbqWds4j3eI94+Z0anQwJfE= =in9N -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-rp9mPqMSf5YjX/YOBuze--