On Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:32:22 +0000 Patrick Lauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Ok, here's a silly idea - > > tag the ebuilds with metadata. We already have RESTRICT, why not add > a "LIVE" variable. The package manager can then treat all ebuilds > with that tag differently. Scripts can find them easily. Or we could create a scm suffix and not have to parse ebuilds to get that info. As an added bonus live ebuilds are instantly identifiable and can use proper versions numbers instead of 9999. > Portage 2.2 and others support sets, portage 2.2 even supports > dynamic sets like the "@preserved-rebuild". Shouldn't be that hard to > add a "live-ebuilds" dynamic set. Just as easy with -scm. > (Comments on the feasibility of my idea from portage people > appreciated) > > > Currently, users with Portage have to run something like: > > ~ emerge -av1 compiz compiz-bcop compiz-fusion-plugins-main \ > > ~ compiz-fusion-plugins-extra compiz-fusion-plugins-unsupported \ > > ~ emerald emerald-themes libcompizconfig compizconfig-python \ > > ~ ccsm compizconfig-backend-gconf compizconfig-backend-kconfig \ > > ~ compiz-fusion fusion-icon > > That is the situation where you really love the sets in portage 2.2 - > by default portage will re-merge every ebuild from a set when run as > "emerge @your-custom-set". Now the overlay maintainer just has to > provide the sets with the overlay and users are happy. His problem is updating the packages in a specific order. I don't remember sets preserving merge order, but then again I wasn't looking. > > Having a method that > > lets the user choose that the PM should check the scm tree and > > update the package if there's a new revision would be even better. > > I think that can be easily done if there's an easy way to pull the > installed revision and currently available. The last discussions > about that stalled without reaching agreement. I could have sworn subversion.eclass already did this but now I can't find the code. I might have seen it in an overlay or on the forums. -- gcc-porting, by design, by neglect treecleaner, for a fact or just for effect wxwidgets @ gentoo EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662
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