On Tuesday 23 June 2009 01:17:16 Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Jun 2009 15:51:31 +0000 (UTC), James wrote: > >> I'm mostly running stable with exceptions being enabled > >> via the /etc/portage file structure. Usually it's small, > >> but now with kde4, BLOAT is my modus operandi, > >> not by choice...... > > > > It's easier to manage if you make portage.keywords a directory then put > > the actual packages in files within that directory. That way you can > > separate the files needed to run KDE4 from any other group of packages. > > > > All package.* files in /etc/portage can be replaced a directories, then > > all the files in that directory are considered as a whole. > > For some reason, my light bulb has still not came on so here comes some > questions. I would create /etc/portage/package.keywords then inside > that another directory or a set of files? Say, one named KDE4 to put > all of KDE4 and it's little friends and then another for some other set > of packages? Is this sort of like the sets thing which I am still > curious about?
Yes, precisely. If package.keywords is a single file, then all your keywords must be in that file. This is difficult for ebuilds to manipulate, and difficult for you to edit too. If I send you my list of KDE keywords, you have to copy paste the lot into a file and put comments at the start and end so you know what it all is. If package.keywords is a directory, then portage/ebuilds/tools/you can add and remove entire files easily, leaving everything else untouched. > Right now, package.keywords and friends are files not directories. > Maybe tarring up your portage directory and emailing me off list would > help? I need a light bulb moment here. :/ It's easy. As root: cd /etc/portage mv package.keywords package.keywords~ mkdir package.keywords mv package.keywords~ package.keywords/package.keywords The destination file in the last command can be named anything you like. Now, if you install enlightenment, create and edit /etc/portage/package.keywords/e17 If I send you my KDE keywords as an attachment, right-click, Save As, /etc/portage/package.keywords/kde4 Done, sorted. -- alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
