Hi, I don't want to make your work bad. After thinking it over I think it is actually a useful script, because it adds a little bit more security to editing the package.use file (I'm always fearing the day when I'm writing echo "stuff" > /etc/portage/package.use"). But do you know that package.use can also be a directory which can contain several files storing the use flags?
Geralt. On 7/13/08, Mikko Husari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gentoo User wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > the question is: is it really necessary? If I want to add a new entry > > into this file I just call echo "category/package myflags" >> > > /etc/portage/package.use and if I want to edit them I just call my > > favorite editor, use its search capabilities and change the line. > > So I don't really see the benefit of a command line tool, since I > > still need to write flags, package and everything and the tools I'm > > using now (mostly echo, grep and vim) to do this are not very > > complicated and most of the typing goes to the use flags and package > > name anyway. > > > > > > Just my opinion. > > > > > > Best regards > > > > Geralt > > > > > > On 7/12/08, Mikko Husari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > greetings earthlings, > > > > > > i did not found (nor did i look for long enough) any tools/scripts to > > > easily manage package.use file, so i did my own. now i started to think > > > that, if there really is not any, my creation would be sufficient > (although > > > possibly buggy) for most users who wish to have "easy" control over > > > package.use. > > > > > > yes, i know this is not the best place to "announce" but, this is not > an > > > real announcement, this is an query for an superior solution which would > > > show my creation to be useless/dublicate/stupid. (if mine is > useless/stupid > > > it would be nice, so i would not have to maintain it and i also could > use > > > some real software). > > > > > > -- husku > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > well, i cant argue with you on that. although, i also used > vim,grep,sed,echo to change my flags. still i felt i needes an easier way, > thats why i wrote it and thats why i think this is "easier" than > vim+handwork. basicly that script is only an interface to sed,echo,grep and > equery. > > did you try to use it? id bet i could get changes applied much more rapidly > with that script than with vim or echo. (can not necessarily compete with > echo if you are sure it is an new addition) > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
