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 1H24kH-0003fz-J4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 03 Jan 2007 11:57:26 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l03Brf6C016026; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 11:53:41 GMT Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za (sqlprd.sybase.co.za [192.96.139.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l03Bnkq1023949 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 11:49:46 GMT Received: from localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6519083433 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:55:30 +0200 (SAST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at sybase.co.za Received: from cranium.sybase.co.za ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cranium.sybase.co.za [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id xiOGR+vg23o7 for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:55:25 +0200 (SAST) Received: from bard.sybase.co.za (bard.sybase.co.za [192.168.2.6]) by cranium.sybase.co.za (Postfix) with ESMTP id 497E58341D for ; Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:55:25 +0200 (SAST) Received: from [192.168.2.73] ([192.168.2.73]) by bard.sybase.co.za with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:51:38 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: anti-portage wreckage? Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 13:51:17 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <3D60AF2712C16D42A38076E52FD6E3D23F0C13@ukmcrdembx01.rd.astrazeneca.net> In-Reply-To: <3D60AF2712C16D42A38076E52FD6E3D23F0C13@ukmcrdembx01.rd.astrazeneca.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ansi_x3.4-1968" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200701031351.17906.alan@linuxholdings.co.za> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jan 2007 11:51:38.0455 (UTC) FILETIME=[86C6AE70:01C72F2D] X-Archives-Salt: 987e6d70-37cf-4062-9ca7-bb91c15100a0 X-Archives-Hash: b2c017a5859675f7fe5e749763293bab On Wednesday 03 January 2007 13:03, Nelson, David (ED, PAR&D) wrote: > Hi folks, > > Has the idea of distributing custom package.mask files occured? > This way you can "mask off" certain versions of software and hence > limit updates to minor changes. You can then use these on systems you > want to keep as stable as possible, use a test machine to test > changes to the package.mask and then roll it out. Might make > management of many workstations/servers easier. > > Alternatively incorporating a custom package.mask into a custom boot > CD could provide the basis of a Gentoo-derived custom distro? portage already does this, in the profile. It's what defines the 'system' package set. For an example, look in the files in /usr/portage/profiles/default-linux/x86/2006.1/ - you can define USE flags, required packages, versions of those packages, and basically everything you mention above alan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list