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 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1I7KaG-00081w-Su for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:25:05 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l680O7WS019215; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 00:24:07 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l680MGPh016998 for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 00:22:16 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 48D7D65087 for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 00:22:16 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -1.186 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.186 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-1.186] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id AflFn+zumk7K for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 00:22:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6FC44650DB for ; Sun, 8 Jul 2007 00:22:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1I7KXO-0002Rx-Hh for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:22:06 +0200 Received: from ip68-230-98-51.ph.ph.cox.net ([68.230.98.51]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:22:06 +0200 Received: from 1i5t5.duncan by ip68-230-98-51.ph.ph.cox.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 08 Jul 2007 02:22:06 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@cox.net> Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: automated extended information gathering Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 00:21:57 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <200707071743.44605.vapier@gentoo.org> <20070708011015.cfaa28c5.genone@gentoo.org> <469020C4.8060003@lacqui.com> <200707071941.38300.vapier@gentoo.org> 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: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: ip68-230-98-51.ph.ph.cox.net User-Agent: Pan/0.131 (Ghosts: First Variation) Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: 0516238e-1f8b-4250-bc40-f105dba86339 X-Archives-Hash: cac433789fe8223ea767e1dc063d821c Mike Frysinger posted 200707071941.38300.vapier@gentoo.org, excerpted below, on Sat, 07 Jul 2007 19:41:37 -0400: > On Saturday 07 July 2007, Kevin Lacquement wrote: >> >> How about adding another function to the ebuild format? pkg_getinfo()? > > that trumps everything i got ;) It's pretty intuitive as well. So much so that on initial read, that's what I thought you were suggesting originally. Should be pretty easy for users to figure out, and it could be mentioned (as is emerge --info) right in bugzilla, too. I'd suggest a bugzy bug to that effect as soon as the feature is in portage. -- Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. "Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list