From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CB32D1381F3 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:56:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id E7821E09ED; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:56:34 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f42.google.com (mail-wg0-f42.google.com [74.125.82.42]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AFE4EE09A7 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 16:56:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f42.google.com with SMTP id j13so2116761wgh.5 for ; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:56:32 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=OlSpAnroOYEK4rz3WLSExR+9talYIjX6QTvgEdrevBE=; b=m46ujU6BRE7t3JIK23Qj/3Xw2u5j7Z1Suezwr6lQKUDLbnqEklxMh5+8US7RVFZhYd +i/AaR3x8nXBWriWAJ2LnNsS1fAc2wa9m06wq30vr4ch3iHpTJwNlFw39d4fwJxlAit3 I0O+EHBjaKJohDNvZozpluA0sxhH+7JlbVveFU8PWU1+78YsG7sLfYZtYJbjCMITBppM EpX9U+hEdJO4Nobr30ZyszztyDitX+mwqTEV5bnpT+3hkkUwKZlFbL4qmc+vMJnsyBMQ jY26FlNLli6K5tT06Pav496CC5pQTxZZ7YKt0v4Vvn404egwS/aupk6cKnK1SEyGBOHu 69lA== X-Received: by 10.194.19.3 with SMTP id a3mr41821879wje.54.1375030592432; Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:56:32 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-210-102-70.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.102.70]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id nb12sm17297360wic.3.2013.07.28.09.56.31 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 28 Jul 2013 09:56:32 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <51F54CA5.2080304@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 28 Jul 2013 18:53:57 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130709 Thunderbird/17.0.7 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: bash-completion change? References: <87txjhw2vh.fsf@nyu.edu> <20130726214621.GG8023@server> <20130727002314.4ea164fe@digimed.co.uk> <87ppu42h2t.fsf@nyu.edu> <20130728170811.4fc812d7@digimed.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 3c8abbb9-8e12-465d-b0f6-abfd7d72181b X-Archives-Hash: 5c96e6958e738c19b65269db31eef23e On 28/07/2013 18:47, Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 28/07/13 19:08, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Sat, 27 Jul 2013 10:49:46 -0400, gottlieb@nyu.edu wrote: >> >>>>>> emerge -av1 \$(qfile -q -S -C /usr/share/bash-completion) >>>>> >>>>> little syntax help: >>>>> >>>>> emerge -av1 $(qfile -q -S -C /usr/share/bash-completion) >>>> >>>> emerge -1a /usr/share/bash-completion >>> >>> Yes we learned this trick a month or two ago. >> >> Apparently, not all of us. > > And apparently not even the Gentoo dev who put that message in the > ebuild :-) > > I'm still stumped about what this change is for or what it does. And I've read all the bugs, all the posts here - still stumped. I get a sense that it somehow has something to do with make the ebuild $MORE_CLOSELY resemble the $BEHAVIOUR of $UPSTREAM_DEFAULT Note the variables :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com