[gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

2014-01-11 Thread Michał Górny
Hello, all. Some time ago I wrote a small tool called install-mask. As the name suggests, it was intended to help with manipulating INSTALL_MASK. I think that its most important feature was ability to use pre-defined mask lists to easily mask unwanted directories without getting into the details.

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

2014-01-11 Thread Peter Stuge
Michał Górny wrote: INSTALL_MASK=systemd bash-completion What are your thoughts? It seems like this will generally duplicate all -USE flags. Would it make sense to instead have a single setting which changes the meaning of USE to be that everything not USEd is install-masked? Rather than

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

2014-01-11 Thread Luis Ressel
I've got an additional proposal: It would be interesting if this feature could also make use of the LINGUAS var for selectively filtering /usr/share/man and and /usr/share/locale, as most ebuilds don't respect this variable natively. -- Luis Ressel ara...@aixah.de GPG fpr: F08D 2AF6 655E 25DE

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

2014-01-11 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2014-01-11, o godz. 16:56:37 Luis Ressel ara...@aixah.de napisał(a): I've got an additional proposal: It would be interesting if this feature could also make use of the LINGUAS var for selectively filtering /usr/share/man and and /usr/share/locale, as most ebuilds don't respect this

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

2014-01-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 11/01/2014 18:01, Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2014-01-11, o godz. 16:56:37 Luis Ressel ara...@aixah.de napisał(a): I've got an additional proposal: It would be interesting if this feature could also make use of the LINGUAS var for selectively filtering /usr/share/man and and

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

2014-01-11 Thread Luis Ressel
On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 17:01:34 +0100 Michał Górny mgo...@gentoo.org wrote: That's a side goal. I was thinking of something like: INSTALL_MASK=linguas -linguas_XX that would remove all linguas except for language XX. That would be enough for me. A bit of a duplication of information,

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

2014-01-11 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2014-01-11, o godz. 17:21:46 Luis Ressel ara...@aixah.de napisał(a): On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 17:01:34 +0100 Michał Górny mgo...@gentoo.org wrote: That's a side goal. I was thinking of something like: INSTALL_MASK=linguas -linguas_XX that would remove all linguas except for

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

2014-01-11 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2014-01-11, o godz. 18:15:09 Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com napisał(a): A far better method from a user point of view is to install the linguas the user explicitly asked for. Your proposal as worded will be taken at first glance to mean install all linguas, but not XX as most users

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

2014-01-11 Thread Alan McKinnon
On 11/01/2014 18:52, Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2014-01-11, o godz. 18:15:09 Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com napisał(a): A far better method from a user point of view is to install the linguas the user explicitly asked for. Your proposal as worded will be taken at first glance to mean

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC: storing predefined INSTALL_MASK directory lists in repos

2014-01-11 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2014-01-11, o godz. 19:11:21 Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com napisał(a): On 11/01/2014 18:52, Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2014-01-11, o godz. 18:15:09 Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com napisał(a): A far better method from a user point of view is to install the linguas the