Re: [gentoo-user] Re: package.keywords

[Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 23 June 2009 01:17:16 Dale wrote:
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:51:31 +0000 (UTC), James wrote:
> >> I'm mostly running stable with exceptions being enabled
> >> via the /etc/portage file structure. Usually it's small,
> >> but now with kde4, BLOAT is my modus operandi,
> >> not by choice......
> >
> > It's easier to manage if you make portage.keywords a directory then put
> > the actual packages in files within that directory. That way you can
> > separate the files needed to run KDE4 from any other group of packages.
> >
> > All package.* files in /etc/portage can be replaced a directories, then
> > all the files in that directory are considered as a whole.
>
> For some reason, my light bulb has still not came on so here comes some
> questions.  I would create /etc/portage/package.keywords then inside
> that another directory or a set of files?  Say, one named KDE4 to put
> all of KDE4 and it's little friends and then another for some other set
> of packages?  Is this sort of like the sets thing which I am still
> curious about?

Yes, precisely. 

If package.keywords is a single file, then all your keywords must be in that 
file. This is difficult for ebuilds to manipulate, and difficult for you to 
edit too. If I send you my list of KDE keywords, you have to copy paste the 
lot into a file and put comments at the start and end so you know what it all 
is.

If package.keywords is a directory, then portage/ebuilds/tools/you can add and 
remove entire files easily, leaving everything else untouched.

> Right now, package.keywords and friends are files not directories.
> Maybe tarring up your portage directory and emailing me off list would
> help?  I need a light bulb moment here.  :/

It's easy. As root:

cd /etc/portage
mv package.keywords package.keywords~
mkdir package.keywords
mv package.keywords~ package.keywords/package.keywords

The destination file in the last command can be named anything you like. 

Now, if you install enlightenment, create and edit 
/etc/portage/package.keywords/e17
If I send you my KDE keywords as an attachment, right-click, Save As, 
/etc/portage/package.keywords/kde4

Done, sorted.

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