On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:29:01 +0600, Mike Kazantsev wrote:

> > Incidentally, I almost always install software with --oneshot. That
> > way the programs I install to try out show up on --depclean's output
> > until I decide I want to keep them. It prevents accumulating cruft
> > from various experiments, although I am now using sets to achieve the
> > same end.  
> 
> Last sentence got me, since the idea seems interesting, but I wonder
> about "how" - I haven't seen any mention of "emerging package to a
> set, other than world" feature, but I guess it can be fairly easy
> implemented via emerge hooks.

Nothing as clever as that. I simply

echo "cat/pkg" >>/etc/portage/sets/temp

and have @temp in /var/lib/portage/world_sets

Each week I look at the set and decide what should be removed or
transferred to world.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

I don't know what makes you tick but I wish it was a time bomb.

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