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

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

Hi,
I  don't want to make your work bad.
After thinking it over I think it is actually a useful script, because
it adds  a little bit more security to editing the package.use file
(I'm always fearing the day when I'm writing echo "stuff" >
/etc/portage/package.use").
But do you know that package.use can also be a directory which can
contain several files storing the use flags?



Geralt.

On 7/13/08, Mikko Husari <husku@husku.net> wrote:
> Gentoo User wrote:
>
> > 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
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>  well, i cant argue with you on that. although, i also used
> vim,grep,sed,echo to change my flags. still i felt i needes an easier way,
> thats why i wrote it and thats why i think this is "easier" than
> vim+handwork. basicly that script is only an interface to sed,echo,grep and
> equery.
>
>  did you try to use it? id bet i could get changes applied much more rapidly
> with that script than with vim or echo. (can not necessarily compete with
> echo if you are sure it is an new addition)
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