[gentoo-user] package masking

[gentoo-user] package masking

[Samuraiii]

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Hi to everyone,
my question is:

Is there "easy" way to emerge gnome meta-package while masking some
useless (for me) features such as vino, vinagre,...
For now I'm using gnome-light but this is very minimal and so there are
some packages that I have to hand select to my world which is not so
convenient and I'm afraid of loosing touch with some new cool features
in future updates.

Thanks for help in advance
S



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Re: [gentoo-user] package masking

[Florian Philipp]

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Am 28.04.2012 11:21, schrieb Samuraiii:
> Hi to everyone,
> my question is:
> 
> Is there "easy" way to emerge gnome meta-package while masking some
> useless (for me) features such as vino, vinagre,...
> For now I'm using gnome-light but this is very minimal and so there are
> some packages that I have to hand select to my world which is not so
> convenient and I'm afraid of loosing touch with some new cool features
> in future updates.
> 
> Thanks for help in advance
> S
> 
> 
> 

Certainly not. The most reasonable way is to maintain your own meta
package in an overlay. Just copy gnome-*.ebuild there and remove all
dependencies you don't like.

Regards,
Florian Philipp


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Re: [gentoo-user] package masking

[Michael Hampicke]

> Certainly not. The most reasonable way is to maintain your own meta
> package in an overlay. Just copy gnome-*.ebuild there and remove all
> dependencies you don't like.

Sounds like a good idea. I am not to happy with some meta packages
either. I'll give it a try.

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[Samuraiii]

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Thank you for swift reply.
That look almost same as the way I have it right now (gnome-light and
hand selected packages in world).



On 2012-04-28 12:04, Florian Philipp wrote:
> Am 28.04.2012 11:21, schrieb Samuraiii:
>> Hi to everyone,
>> my question is:
>>
>> Is there "easy" way to emerge gnome meta-package while masking some
>> useless (for me) features such as vino, vinagre,...
>> For now I'm using gnome-light but this is very minimal and so there are
>> some packages that I have to hand select to my world which is not so
>> convenient and I'm afraid of loosing touch with some new cool features
>> in future updates.
>>
>> Thanks for help in advance
>> S
>>
>>
>>
> Certainly not. The most reasonable way is to maintain your own meta
> package in an overlay. Just copy gnome-*.ebuild there and remove all
> dependencies you don't like.
>
> Regards,
> Florian Philipp
>

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Re: [gentoo-user] package masking

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:49:54 +0200, Michael Hampicke wrote:

> > Certainly not. The most reasonable way is to maintain your own meta
> > package in an overlay. Just copy gnome-*.ebuild there and remove all
> > dependencies you don't like.  
> 
> Sounds like a good idea. I am not to happy with some meta packages
> either. I'll give it a try.

If you use portage-2.2, sets provide an easier way to do this. A set is
just a list of package atoms, one per line, in a file
in /etc/portage/sets, say /etc/portage/sets/gnome. Then you just emerge
@gnome.

Unlike a versioned ebuild, there is no need to modify the set when new
versions are released, the set will always use the latest matching
version.


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Re: [gentoo-user] package masking

[Michael Hampicke]

> If you use portage-2.2, sets provide an easier way to do this. A set is
> just a list of package atoms, one per line, in a file
> in /etc/portage/sets, say /etc/portage/sets/gnome. Then you just emerge
> @gnome.

Portage Sets look nice, but I'm still on portage 2.1 - haven't tried 2.2
yet, I just wanted a stable portage on my production boxes.
But that's no reason not to try it on my workstation here :) emerging
portage 2.2.......