Re: [gentoo-user] Simplistic bash-script to manage package.use

["Gentoo User" <usr.gentoo@googlemail.com>]

Hi,

the question is: is it really necessary? If I want to add a new entry
into this file I just call echo "category/package myflags" >>
/etc/portage/package.use and if I want to edit them I just call my
favorite editor, use its search capabilities and change the line.
So I don't really see the benefit of a command line tool, since I
still need to write flags, package and everything and the tools I'm
using now (mostly echo, grep and vim) to do this are not very
complicated and most of the typing goes to the use flags and package
name anyway.


Just my opinion.


Best regards

Geralt


On 7/12/08, Mikko Husari <husku@husku.net> wrote:
> greetings earthlings,
>
>  i did not found (nor did i look for long enough) any tools/scripts to
> easily manage package.use file, so i did my own. now i started to think
> that, if there really is not any, my creation would be sufficient (although
> possibly buggy) for most users who wish to have "easy" control over
> package.use.
>
>  yes, i know this is not the best place to "announce" but, this is not an
> real announcement, this is an query for an superior solution which would
> show my creation to be useless/dublicate/stupid. (if mine is useless/stupid
> it would be nice, so i would not have to maintain it and i also could use
> some real software).
>
>  -- husku
>
>
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