[gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge

[gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge

[Stuart Herbert]

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Hiya,

This script will read a list of directories from /etc/portage/automerge.dirs, 
and then auto-merge any CONFIG_PROTECTed files underneath those directories.

 http://dev.gentoo.org/~stuart/tools/

I use it for automerging things like the X11 keyboard definitions.

It would be easy enough to merge this functionality into a future release of 
etc-update; or (as I do locally) have etc-update automatically call 
config-automerge whenever its run.

Feedback welcome.

Best regards,
Stu
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Re: [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge

[Jason Stubbs]

On Saturday 11 September 2004 22:22, Stuart Herbert wrote:
> Hiya,
>
> This script will read a list of directories from
> /etc/portage/automerge.dirs, and then auto-merge any CONFIG_PROTECTed files
> underneath those directories.
>
>  http://dev.gentoo.org/~stuart/tools/
>
> I use it for automerging things like the X11 keyboard definitions.
>
> It would be easy enough to merge this functionality into a future release
> of etc-update; or (as I do locally) have etc-update automatically call
> config-automerge whenever its run.
>
> Feedback welcome.

What's wrong with CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK?

Regards,
Jason Stubbs

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge

[Stuart Herbert]

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On Saturday 11 September 2004 14:58, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> What's wrong with CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK?

Heh.  Wasn't aware of that ;-)

I prefer having the /etc/portage/automerge.dirs config file anyhow.  
Individual entries can be commented by whichever admin added them, making it 
a little easier to maintain.

Best regards,
Stu
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Re: [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge

[David Bryson]

On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 03:03:37PM +0100, Stuart Herbert wrote:
> On Saturday 11 September 2004 14:58, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> > What's wrong with CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK?
> 
> Heh.  Wasn't aware of that ;-)
> 
> I prefer having the /etc/portage/automerge.dirs config file anyhow.  
> Individual entries can be commented by whichever admin added them, making it 
> a little easier to maintain.
> 

is there anywhere that any of the functionality of /etc/portage is documented
?  All I ever hear are wisps of black magic and mystery about
/etc/portage/package.mask and other strange things like this comment here.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge

[Xavier Neys]

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David Bryson wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 03:03:37PM +0100, Stuart Herbert wrote:
> 
>>On Saturday 11 September 2004 14:58, Jason Stubbs wrote:
>>
>>>What's wrong with CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK?
>>
>>Heh.  Wasn't aware of that ;-)
>>
>>I prefer having the /etc/portage/automerge.dirs config file anyhow.  
>>Individual entries can be commented by whichever admin added them, making it 
>>a little easier to maintain.
>>
> 
> 
> is there anywhere that any of the functionality of /etc/portage is documented
> ?  All I ever hear are wisps of black magic and mystery about
> /etc/portage/package.mask and other strange things like this comment here.

Try http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=2&chap=0 for a 
start and man portage for more info.

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Re: [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge

[Ned Ludd]

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On Mon, 2004-09-13 at 13:36, David Bryson wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 11, 2004 at 03:03:37PM +0100, Stuart Herbert wrote:
> > On Saturday 11 September 2004 14:58, Jason Stubbs wrote:
> > > What's wrong with CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK?
> > 
> > Heh.  Wasn't aware of that ;-)
> > 
> > I prefer having the /etc/portage/automerge.dirs config file anyhow.  
> > Individual entries can be commented by whichever admin added them, making it 
> > a little easier to maintain.
> > 
> 
> is there anywhere that any of the functionality of /etc/portage is documented
> ?  All I ever hear are wisps of black magic and mystery about
> /etc/portage/package.mask and other strange things like this comment here.

It's also documented rather well in the portage man page.

> 
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Re: [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge

[David Bryson]

On Mon, Sep 13, 2004 at 02:39:55PM -0400, Ned Ludd wrote:
> > is there anywhere that any of the functionality of /etc/portage is documented
> > ?  All I ever hear are wisps of black magic and mystery about
> > /etc/portage/package.mask and other strange things like this comment here.
> 
> It's also documented rather well in the portage man page.
> 

sneaky hiding that in the man page.  Back many moons ago when I
started using gentoo such clear and extensive documentation was not
present.  I'm glad to see things have improved.

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