On Wed, 2 Nov 2011 06:01:28 -0700 (PDT) Leho Kraav <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, November 2, 2011 2:20:02 PM UTC+2, Urs > Schutz wrote: > > > eix-test-obsolete -d > > is easy if it is done often, as there is little > > corrective action to do on a day to day basis. > > I have been wondering if it's possible to get this > particular check's output to be machine readable, so it > could be used in automated scripts. Similar to what qlist > -IC <atom> does. > > First, I think the different checks need to be > separatable with cmdline arguments, so one wouldn't have > to start parsing for some header type thing to know what > atom list applies to what file. > > After that, the machine readable output needs to be as > simple as possible, no colors, parenthesis, and whatnot. > > Further thoughts welcome, and suggestions for other ways > of automating this cleanup. Only thing I know of was > udept, but that's been dead upstream for a while. > > I should also note that I keep my /etc in git, so > naturally all automated actions would be commited and > therefore tracked - no need to fear losing some important > configuration item, if that is at all applicable here > even. > Something like > eix -tTc --xml could be a start.
