Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --ignore-world [ y | n ] option (bug 608564)

2018-03-22 Thread Zac Medico
On 03/21/2018 04:30 PM, M. J. Everitt wrote: > On 21/03/18 23:26, M. J. Everitt wrote: >> n 20/03/18 04:49, Manuel Rüger wrote: >>> Hi Zac, >>> >>> alternatively could --exclude be extended to support sets? >>> So users could --exclude @world or @profile. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Manuel >>> >> The idea

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --ignore-world [ y | n ] option (bug 608564)

2018-03-22 Thread Zac Medico
On 03/21/2018 05:59 PM, Manuel Rüger wrote: > On 22.03.2018 01:25, Zac Medico wrote: >> On 03/19/2018 09:49 PM, Manuel Rüger wrote: >>> Hi Zac, >>> >>> alternatively could --exclude be extended to support sets? >>> So users could --exclude @world or @profile. >> >> Your idea doesn't really fit the

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --ignore-world [ y | n ] option (bug 608564)

2018-03-21 Thread Manuel Rüger
On 22.03.2018 01:25, Zac Medico wrote: > On 03/19/2018 09:49 PM, Manuel Rüger wrote: >> Hi Zac, >> >> alternatively could --exclude be extended to support sets? >> So users could --exclude @world or @profile. > > Your idea doesn't really fit the current meaning of --exclude, since > --exclude

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --ignore-world [ y | n ] option (bug 608564)

2018-03-21 Thread Zac Medico
On 03/21/2018 04:53 PM, Joakim Tjernlund wrote: > On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 05:49 +0100, Manuel Rüger wrote: >> Hi Zac, >> >> alternatively could --exclude be extended to support sets? >> So users could --exclude @world or @profile. > > Yes please, I think I have a bug in that direction already(and

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --ignore-world [ y | n ] option (bug 608564)

2018-03-21 Thread Zac Medico
On 03/19/2018 09:49 PM, Manuel Rüger wrote: > Hi Zac, > > alternatively could --exclude be extended to support sets? > So users could --exclude @world or @profile. Your idea doesn't really fit the current meaning of --exclude, since --exclude excludes packages from being merged, but still adds

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --ignore-world [ y | n ] option (bug 608564)

2018-03-21 Thread Joakim Tjernlund
On Tue, 2018-03-20 at 05:49 +0100, Manuel Rüger wrote: > Hi Zac, > > alternatively could --exclude be extended to support sets? > So users could --exclude @world or @profile. Yes please, I think I have a bug in that direction already(and --exclude during --depclean) > > Cheers, > Manuel > >

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --ignore-world [ y | n ] option (bug 608564)

2018-03-21 Thread M. J. Everitt
On 21/03/18 23:26, M. J. Everitt wrote: > n 20/03/18 04:49, Manuel Rüger wrote: >> Hi Zac, >> >> alternatively could --exclude be extended to support sets? >> So users could --exclude @world or @profile. >> >> Cheers, >> Manuel >> > The idea is sound enough, but I fear the syntax would be too

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --ignore-world [ y | n ] option (bug 608564)

2018-03-21 Thread M. J. Everitt
n 20/03/18 04:49, Manuel Rüger wrote: > Hi Zac, > > alternatively could --exclude be extended to support sets? > So users could --exclude @world or @profile. > > Cheers, > Manuel > The idea is sound enough, but I fear the syntax would be too confusing. Reading a potential command-line as "emerge

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] [PATCH] emerge: add --ignore-world [ y | n ] option (bug 608564)

2018-03-21 Thread Manuel Rüger
Hi Zac, alternatively could --exclude be extended to support sets? So users could --exclude @world or @profile. Cheers, Manuel On 22.03.2018 00:03, Zac Medico wrote: > Ignore the @world package set and its dependencies. This may be useful > if there is a desire to perform an action even though