On 3/1/08, Jonas Bernoulli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I was aware that the alternative package managers provide hooks for > some time now, but only found out recently that portage also has this > feature. Unfortunately I was not able to find any documentation about > it. I found some information related to hooks in portage on this list > and elsewhere but all of those sources assumed that the reader already > knows the basics. > > So what I am looking for is a tutorial along the lines "howto write > you first portage hook function". Of course a more in-depth > description would also be welcome. If something like this already > exists I apologize for not searching enough, and kindly ask you to > point you to the location. > > The earlies post about hooks on this list seam to be from 2005, so I > was a bit surprised I could not find any documentation about them. In > my opinion this should be documented in the handbook. I can only > assume that either no one found the time to write it or that hooks are > intentionally not documented to prevent users from messing things up > and then filling untraceable bug reports. So if later were the case I > would still be very thankful if you could answer me in private, even > though I think this should be documented in public.
Do not attribute to malice what can easily be attributed to laziness ;) > > --Jonas > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- [email protected] mailing list
