* [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge
@ 2004-09-11 13:22 Stuart Herbert
2004-09-11 13:58 ` Jason Stubbs
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From: Stuart Herbert @ 2004-09-11 13:22 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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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
2004-09-11 13:22 [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge Stuart Herbert
@ 2004-09-11 13:58 ` Jason Stubbs
2004-09-11 14:03 ` Stuart Herbert
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From: Jason Stubbs @ 2004-09-11 13:58 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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
2004-09-11 13:58 ` Jason Stubbs
@ 2004-09-11 14:03 ` Stuart Herbert
2004-09-13 17:36 ` David Bryson
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From: Stuart Herbert @ 2004-09-11 14:03 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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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
2004-09-11 14:03 ` Stuart Herbert
@ 2004-09-13 17:36 ` David Bryson
2004-09-13 17:46 ` Xavier Neys
2004-09-13 18:39 ` Ned Ludd
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From: David Bryson @ 2004-09-13 17:36 UTC (permalink / raw
To: Stuart Herbert; +Cc: gentoo-dev
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
2004-09-13 17:36 ` David Bryson
@ 2004-09-13 17:46 ` Xavier Neys
2004-09-13 18:39 ` Ned Ludd
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From: Xavier Neys @ 2004-09-13 17:46 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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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.
Hth
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* Re: [gentoo-dev] New tool: config-automerge
2004-09-13 17:36 ` David Bryson
2004-09-13 17:46 ` Xavier Neys
@ 2004-09-13 18:39 ` Ned Ludd
2004-09-14 17:12 ` David Bryson
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From: Ned Ludd @ 2004-09-13 18:39 UTC (permalink / raw
To: David Bryson; +Cc: gentoo-dev
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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
2004-09-13 18:39 ` Ned Ludd
@ 2004-09-14 17:12 ` David Bryson
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From: David Bryson @ 2004-09-14 17:12 UTC (permalink / raw
To: gentoo-dev
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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