[gentoo-user] links that behave differently per calling app?

2019-11-10 Thread Caveman Al Toraboran
hi - is it possible to have some kind of fancy links that know the name of the process that is trying to access it, and based on its name, it links it to a file? e.g. `ln -s X Y` will create link Y that always refers to X whenever anyone tries to access Y. but is it possible to have a fancier

[gentoo-user] JOB | PHP Developer (Windsor, UK)

2019-11-10 Thread James Tobin
Hello, we are looking to hire a PHP developer for a project in Windsor, UK. Should have experience of building and querying MySQL databases. Should any members wish to discuss further do reach me using "JamesBTobin (at) Gmail (dot) Com". Kind regards, James

Re: [gentoo-user] Google Mail still not recognising Gentoo KMail

2019-11-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 9 November 2019 18:50:01 GMT P Levine wrote: > There is a relevant thread at > https://support.google.com/mail/thread/11736136?hl=en > > Some have reported success by changing authentication to plain, i.e. > > Settings -> Kmail Settings -> Receiving -> (Select your Gmail account)

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: per package parallel build

2019-11-10 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Saturday, 9 November 2019 22:40:59 GMT Ian Zimmerman wrote: > On 2019-10-26 14:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: > > There's no need to mess around adding and removing masks, just use the > > --exclude option. > > Multiple exclude options seem to further lengthen emerge's "thinking" > phase, which is a

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Imagemagick downgrade?

2019-11-10 Thread Mick
On Sunday, 10 November 2019 13:49:32 GMT Nikos Chantziaras wrote: > On 10/11/2019 14:51, Mick wrote: > > Having re-synced portage it now asks me to keyword media-gfx/ > > inkscape-1.0_beta1 and once I do, portage wants to downgrade media-gfx/ > > imagemagick from the installed 7.0.8.67 to

[gentoo-user] Re: per package parallel build

2019-11-10 Thread Ian Zimmerman
On 2019-10-26 14:04, Neil Bothwick wrote: > There's no need to mess around adding and removing masks, just use the > --exclude option. Multiple exclude options seem to further lengthen emerge's "thinking" phase, which is a huge pain as it is. The increase seems at least linear in the number of

[gentoo-user] Re: Imagemagick downgrade?

2019-11-10 Thread Nikos Chantziaras
On 10/11/2019 14:51, Mick wrote: Having re-synced portage it now asks me to keyword media-gfx/ inkscape-1.0_beta1 and once I do, portage wants to downgrade media-gfx/ imagemagick from the installed 7.0.8.67 to 6.9.10.67. I'm not sure why imagemagick is asking to be downgraded, or for that

[gentoo-user] Imagemagick downgrade?

2019-11-10 Thread Mick
Having re-synced portage it now asks me to keyword media-gfx/ inkscape-1.0_beta1 and once I do, portage wants to downgrade media-gfx/ imagemagick from the installed 7.0.8.67 to 6.9.10.67. I'm not sure why imagemagick is asking to be downgraded, or for that matter why inkscape should be

Re: [gentoo-user] visualise openrc initscript start order and dependency tree

2019-11-10 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 7:01 AM J. Roeleveld wrote: > > On 9 November 2019 11:42:38 CET, Neil Bothwick wrote: > >On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:03:13 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: > > > >> I had a similar issue and ended up checking every init-script, conf.d > >> file and rc.conf entry and making a

Re: [gentoo-user] does emerge always rebuild

2019-11-10 Thread n952162
Ah!  Now I found it! Thank you. On 11/10/19 12:25, Francesco Turco wrote: On Sun, Nov 10, 2019, at 12:09, n952162 wrote: --new-use isn't on my man page It's spelled --newuse, or simply -N.

Re: [gentoo-user] does emerge always rebuild

2019-11-10 Thread Francesco Turco
On Sun, Nov 10, 2019, at 12:09, n952162 wrote: > --new-use isn't on my man page It's spelled --newuse, or simply -N. -- https://fturco.net/

Re: [gentoo-user] does emerge always rebuild

2019-11-10 Thread n952162
Okay, thank you.  I'm sure that's what I was looking for. The -u (--update) hadn't ever struck me because it seemed like the default ;-) --changed-use seems a bit like what the Germans call "Zweckentfremdung": using something for a purpose it's not meant for (like a chef's knife for a

Re: [gentoo-user] Google Mail still not recognising Gentoo KMail

2019-11-10 Thread P Levine
There is a relevant thread at https://support.google.com/mail/thread/11736136?hl=en Some have reported success by changing authentication to plain, i.e. Settings -> Kmail Settings -> Receiving -> (Select your Gmail account) -> Modify -> Advanced -> Connection Settings -> Authentication ->

Re: [gentoo-user] does emerge always rebuild

2019-11-10 Thread Francesco Turco
On Sun, Nov 10, 2019, at 11:18, n952162 wrote: > even if the package was just emerged? What are you trying to do exactly? Please post the emerge commands you are running, along with their output. -- https://fturco.net/

Re: [gentoo-user] does emerge always rebuild

2019-11-10 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 10 Nov 2019 11:18:42 +0100, n952162 wrote: > even if the package was just emerged? Yes, if you use "emerge pkg", because that's what you have told it to do. If you add -u it will only rebuild if there is an update. Similarly with --new-use and --changed-use. See man emerge for more

[gentoo-user] does emerge always rebuild

2019-11-10 Thread n952162
even if the package was just emerged?