On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 11:00 PM, Todd Goodman <t...@bonedaddy.net> wrote: > * Alexander Kapshuk <alexander.kaps...@gmail.com> [150831 15:35]: >> Having read the email exchange on the possibility of using >> 'package.use' as a directory, I thought I would give that a try. >> >> Here is what I have attempted so far. >> >> cd /etc/portage >> mv package.use package.use.COPY >> mkdir package.use >> cd package.use >> awk -F'[/\t ]+' '{printf("echo \047%s\047 >> ", $0); sub("-[0-9]+.*", >> "", $2); print $2}' ../package.use.COPY >> >> NOTE; the awk output just generates the command lines for the shell to >> run. If the output is acceptable, it should be piped through to the >> shell. >> >> Here is the contents of the original 'package.use' file: >> >> cat package.use >> =dev-lang/python-2.7.9-r1 sqlite >> >=dev-ruby/json-1.8.2-r1 ruby_targets_ruby21 >> >=dev-ruby/racc-1.4.11 ruby_targets_ruby21 >> >=dev-ruby/rake-0.9.6-r1 ruby_targets_ruby21 >> >=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.1-r2 ruby_targets_ruby21 >> >=dev-ruby/rubygems-2.2.5-r1 ruby_targets_ruby21 >> >=media-libs/harfbuzz-0.9.38 icu >> >=media-video/ffmpeg-2.6.3 theora >> >=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1 minizip >> >=virtual/rubygems-10 ruby_targets_ruby21 >> gnome-base/gvfs -http gphoto2 mtp >> media-video/vlc a52 aac bidi cdda cdio dts dvd flac freetype gnutls >> httpd libass live lua mad matroska mpeg ogg oggvorbis qt4 stream svga >> theora vcd vlm wxwindows xv >> net-print/hplip scanner qt4 >> sys-apps/busybox -pam >> sys-devel/gcc objc >> sys-process/cronie anacron >> x11-base/xorg-server udev >> xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager -udisks >> xfce-extra/xfce4-sensors-plugin hddtemp lm_sensors >> >> NOTE: There are two entries for 'rubygems' there. >> >> Here is the awk script output: >> >> echo '=dev-lang/python-2.7.9-r1 sqlite' >> python >> echo '>=dev-ruby/json-1.8.2-r1 ruby_targets_ruby21' >> json >> echo '>=dev-ruby/racc-1.4.11 ruby_targets_ruby21' >> racc >> echo '>=dev-ruby/rake-0.9.6-r1 ruby_targets_ruby21' >> rake >> echo '>=dev-ruby/rdoc-4.0.1-r2 ruby_targets_ruby21' >> rdoc >> echo '>=dev-ruby/rubygems-2.2.5-r1 ruby_targets_ruby21' >> rubygems >> echo '>=media-libs/harfbuzz-0.9.38 icu' >> harfbuzz >> echo '>=media-video/ffmpeg-2.6.3 theora' >> ffmpeg >> echo '>=sys-libs/zlib-1.2.8-r1 minizip' >> zlib >> echo '>=virtual/rubygems-10 ruby_targets_ruby21' >> rubygems >> echo 'gnome-base/gvfs -http gphoto2 mtp' >> gvfs >> echo 'media-video/vlc a52 aac bidi cdda cdio dts dvd flac freetype >> gnutls httpd libass live lua mad matroska mpeg ogg oggvorbis qt4 >> stream svga theora vcd vlm wxwindows xv' >> vlc >> echo 'net-print/hplip scanner qt4' >> hplip >> echo 'sys-apps/busybox -pam' >> busybox >> echo 'sys-devel/gcc objc' >> gcc >> echo 'sys-process/cronie anacron' >> cronie >> echo 'x11-base/xorg-server udev' >> xorg-server >> echo 'xfce-extra/xfce4-power-manager -udisks' >> xfce4-power-manager >> echo 'xfce-extra/xfce4-sensors-plugin hddtemp lm_sensors' >> >> xfce4-sensors-plugin >> >> The two 'rubygems' entries I had in the original 'package.use' file >> went into a single 'rubygems' file: >> >> cat rubygems >> >=dev-ruby/rubygems-2.2.5-r1 ruby_targets_ruby21 >> >=virtual/rubygems-10 ruby_targets_ruby21 >> >> Is this format acceptable? Or should I have used two separate files, >> one for 'dev-lang/rubygems', and another for 'virtual/rubygems'? >> >> I have run 'emerge -auUND @world' since the transition, which voiced >> no complaints so far. >> >> The list's input would be appreciated. > > Those should all be fine. I tend to make a file per package but I think > you could have just moved your original package.use into the > /etc/portage/package.use directory and everything would be fine (aside > from you not gaining any benefit from separate files.) > > Todd >
Understood. Thanks.