From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E8JKh-000323-3E for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:07:59 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7PF4Ic2030615; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 15:04:18 GMT Received: from callisto.cs.kun.nl (callisto.cs.kun.nl [131.174.33.75]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7PErovR012265 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:53:51 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by callisto.cs.kun.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E35D52E8235 for ; Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:23:21 +0200 (CEST) From: Paul de Vrieze To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-embedded] Interactive command Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:23:20 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.8.2 References: <1121294641.16275.40.camel@localhost> <200508231541.45008.pauldv@gentoo.org> <200508240012.36636.jstubbs@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <200508240012.36636.jstubbs@gentoo.org> X-Face: #Lb+'V@sGJ;ptgo5}V"W+5OCoo{LZv;bh,s,`WKLi/J)ed1_$0;6X<=?utf-8?q?700LVV/=3BLqPhiDP=5E=0A=09=27f=5Dfnv?=@%6M8\'HR1t=aFx;ePfp{ZQoBe+e)JOQ8T5*(_;mHY+cltLGq<;@$Y,=?utf-8?q?O=5C=24=0A=09Tm=23G6M?=,g![Q62J{na*S9d;R[^8pc%u\aiLqU@`kJtYl"^6pxdW Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2268478.NxWtKRXRgX"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200508251323.20972.pauldv@gentoo.org> X-Archives-Salt: d4f382d3-c4ad-441e-be8b-ffd7d20c5a16 X-Archives-Hash: a69b9637483de13b20bfe6626b4df679 --nextPart2268478.NxWtKRXRgX Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 23 August 2005 17:12, Jason Stubbs wrote: > > > > Wouldn't it better suit our needs to write a configuration program > > that packages can feed some custom configuration questions, and that > > then spits out something that can be used by the ebuilds. This would > > allow offline configuration of ebuilds etc. And something that was > > saved. > > This limits the possibilities of what can be done, no? For example, > answers determining the following questions or the selection of > questions based on how the package was installed. Indeed there could be > different questions based on whether it appears to be an upgrade or > fresh install. > > If the only benefits are being able to provide a consistent interface > and "offline" configuration, I don't really see the effort being worth > it. A usable interface abstraction can't really be created until the > requirements are known (which they're not due to pkg_config being > severely underused) and batched configuration can be done by creating a > text file with answers and piping. You're right. Such a program could anyway be used for most packages. That=20 might currently be a better solution (and would limit the complexity of=20 the program). Paul =2D-=20 Paul de Vrieze Gentoo Developer Mail: pauldv@gentoo.org Homepage: http://www.devrieze.net --nextPart2268478.NxWtKRXRgX Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBDDaoobKx5DBjWFdsRAkh6AJ9Q7wBNzsy/qj0F/cBdNM7GPOeU5wCgw000 64+6/TXpSDjkl2OZdqGHc/o= =x2xJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2268478.NxWtKRXRgX-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list