Re: [gentoo-dev] making metadata.xml pay off and removing pkg_postinst crud

[Luke-Jr <luke-jr@gentoo.org>]

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1. The XML tag shouldn't really be called postinst. Something like <howto> or 
<instructions> looks better for this purpose.
2. Some packages may have different instructions based on the version 
installed. metadata.xml is the same for all versions of a package.

Alternatively, why not add a pkg_instructions function and have 'emerge help 
...' or 'ebuild ... instructions' run that? It could be run after 
pkg_postinst of a normal emerge, also.

On Friday 15 August 2003 02:00 am, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> right now we're doing all our informative output inside pkg_postinst simply
> because it's the last function run by emerge when emerging a new pkg ...
> this is really not the reason pkg_postinst was created (displaying
> informative output to the user), but i havent said anything before because
> we never had a solution to 'fix' the situation ...
>
> but now ive got it !  lets finally use metadata :)
> i propose we add a section, maybe call it <howto> or <postinstconfig> or
> something similar, or maybe have a few considering there are a few steps to
> take when properly using some packages ... plus we wouldnt have to worry
> about logging said informative output with some kludge that portage
> implements because the user missed the message as it flew by his screen in
> a multi-merge process ...
> we extend the use of '-h' in emerge ...
>
> for example, say i want to know 'howto' setup mysql ...
> root@vapier 0 root # emerge --help dev-db/mysql
> You might want to run:
> ebuild /var/db/pkg/dev-db/mysql-4.0.14/mysql-4.0.14.ebuild config
> if this is a new install.
> it will auto generate the basic mysql databases for you.
>
> or, i just installed these sexy new X cursors ...
> root@vapier 0 root # emerge --help x11-themes/silver-xcursors
> To use this set of cursors, edit or create the file ~/.Xdefaults
> and add the following line:
> Xcursor.theme: Silver
>
> Also, you can change the size by adding a line like:
> Xcursor.size: 48
>
> To globally use this set of mouse cursors edit the file:
>    /usr/share/cursors/xfree/default/index.theme
> and change the line:
>    Inherits=[current setting]
> to
>    Inherits=Silver
> Note this will be overruled by a user's ~/.Xdefaults file.
>
> If you experience flickering, try setting the following line in
> the Device section of your XF86Config:
> Option  "HWCursor"  "false"
>
> if people like the idea, ill put together a bug and/or some portage patches
> -mike
>
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> gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list

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Luke-Jr
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