[gentoo-user] package masking
Hi to everyone, my question is: Is there easy way to emerge gnome meta-package while masking some useless (for me) features such as vino, vinagre,... For now I'm using gnome-light but this is very minimal and so there are some packages that I have to hand select to my world which is not so convenient and I'm afraid of loosing touch with some new cool features in future updates. Thanks for help in advance S -- Samuraiii e-mail: samura...@volny.cz mailto:samura...@volny.cz GnuPG key ID: 0x80C752EA http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?search=0x80C752EAop=vindexfingerprint=onexact=on (obtainable on http://pgp.mit.edu) Full copy of public timestamp block http://publictimestamp.org signatures id-14659 (from 2012-04-27 18:00:06) is included in header of html. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] package masking
Am 28.04.2012 11:21, schrieb Samuraiii: Hi to everyone, my question is: Is there easy way to emerge gnome meta-package while masking some useless (for me) features such as vino, vinagre,... For now I'm using gnome-light but this is very minimal and so there are some packages that I have to hand select to my world which is not so convenient and I'm afraid of loosing touch with some new cool features in future updates. Thanks for help in advance S Certainly not. The most reasonable way is to maintain your own meta package in an overlay. Just copy gnome-*.ebuild there and remove all dependencies you don't like. Regards, Florian Philipp signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] package masking
Certainly not. The most reasonable way is to maintain your own meta package in an overlay. Just copy gnome-*.ebuild there and remove all dependencies you don't like. Sounds like a good idea. I am not to happy with some meta packages either. I'll give it a try.
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Thank you for swift reply. That look almost same as the way I have it right now (gnome-light and hand selected packages in world). On 2012-04-28 12:04, Florian Philipp wrote: Am 28.04.2012 11:21, schrieb Samuraiii: Hi to everyone, my question is: Is there "easy" way to emerge gnome meta-package while masking some useless (for me) features such as vino, vinagre,... For now I'm using gnome-light but this is very minimal and so there are some packages that I have to hand select to my world which is not so convenient and I'm afraid of loosing touch with some new cool features in future updates. Thanks for help in advance S Certainly not. The most reasonable way is to maintain your own meta package in an overlay. Just copy gnome-*.ebuild there and remove all dependencies you don't like. Regards, Florian Philipp -- Samuraiii e-mail: samura...@volny.cz GnuPG key ID: 0x80C752EA (obtainable on http://pgp.mit.edu) Full copy of public timestamp block signatures id-14665 (from 2012-04-28 12:00:08) is included in header of html. signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature
Re: [gentoo-user] package masking
On Sat, 28 Apr 2012 14:49:54 +0200, Michael Hampicke wrote: Certainly not. The most reasonable way is to maintain your own meta package in an overlay. Just copy gnome-*.ebuild there and remove all dependencies you don't like. Sounds like a good idea. I am not to happy with some meta packages either. I'll give it a try. If you use portage-2.2, sets provide an easier way to do this. A set is just a list of package atoms, one per line, in a file in /etc/portage/sets, say /etc/portage/sets/gnome. Then you just emerge @gnome. Unlike a versioned ebuild, there is no need to modify the set when new versions are released, the set will always use the latest matching version. -- Neil Bothwick Diarrhoea is hereditary, it runs in your genes. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] package masking
If you use portage-2.2, sets provide an easier way to do this. A set is just a list of package atoms, one per line, in a file in /etc/portage/sets, say /etc/portage/sets/gnome. Then you just emerge @gnome. Portage Sets look nice, but I'm still on portage 2.1 - haven't tried 2.2 yet, I just wanted a stable portage on my production boxes. But that's no reason not to try it on my workstation here :) emerging portage 2.2...
[gentoo-user] package masking question
Howdy, I'm curious if there is a way to conditionally package mask. Let me give todays example. Running ~x86. gimp-2.3.9 is installed. gimp-perl-2.2_pre1 has this RDEPEND =media-gfx/gimp-2.2* So naturally wants to downgrade gimp to 2.2.11-r1. What would be nice is to be able to mask: =gimp-2.3 if =gimp-perl-2.2_pre1 That would then downgrade gimp to 2.2 and leave it there until the next version of gimp-perl is available. As it is, all I can see to do to prevent upgrade/downgrade cycling of gimp is to package mask =gimp-2.3 and hopefully remember to unmask it when the next release of gimp-perl is available. It just feels like there ought to be a better way... Thank you, Roy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] package masking question
On 6/27/06, Roy Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy,I'm curious if there is a way to conditionally package mask.Let me give todays example.Running ~x86.gimp-2.3.9 is installed.gimp-perl-2.2_pre1 has this RDEPEND =media-gfx/gimp-2.2* So naturally wants to downgrade gimp to 2.2.11-r1.What would be nice is to be able to mask:=gimp-2.3 if =gimp-perl-2.2_pre1That would then downgrade gimp to 2.2 and leave it there until the next version of gimp-perl is available.As it is, all I can see to do to prevent upgrade/downgradecycling of gimp is to package mask =gimp-2.3 and hopefullyremember to unmask it when the next release of gimp-perl is available.It just feels like there ought to be a better way...Have you tried the suggestion outlined at: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3chap=3===The package.mask file When you don't want Portage to take a certain package or a specific version of a package into account you can mask it yourself by adding an appropriate line to /etc/portage/package.mask. For instance, if you don't want Portage to install newer kernel sources than gentoo-sources-2.6.8.1, you add the following line to package.mask: Code Listing5: /etc/portage/package.mask example sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-2.6.8.1Just wondering...-Hani-- If, of the many truths, you select only one and follow it blindly, it will become a falsehood, and you a fanatic.
Re: [gentoo-user] package masking question
Hani Duwaik wrote: Have you tried the suggestion outlined at: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?part=3chap=3 Yes, that is just normal package masking. Maybe I should elaborate. I like to update daily. When the occasional blocker or cyclic dependency hit, I'd like to simply mark it (generate bug report if necessary), and go on. Where I find myself failing with the package.mask approach is remembering some time in the future to go back and remove these temporary masks. So I was querying if there is a better process. Some way to tickle that the ebuild that caused the problem has been upgraded and that I should unmask the package. Thank you, Roy -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] package masking question
Roy Wright wrote: Where I find myself failing with the package.mask approach is remembering some time in the future to go back and remove these temporary masks. If you keep the temporary masks at the top of package.mask, you could make a wrapper for emerge that after every --sync prints say the top five lines of /etc/portage/package.mask, to remind you. Benno -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] package masking question
On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:49:37 +0200, Benno Schulenberg wrote: If you keep the temporary masks at the top of package.mask, you could make a wrapper for emerge that after every --sync prints say the top five lines of /etc/portage/package.mask, to remind you. Or add comments and grep for ^# If you wanted to be really cute, you could use /etc/portage/bashrc to email you when a specific package gets a new version. -- Neil Bothwick Trekkers work out in the `He's Dead Gym'. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] package masking question
On 6/27/06, Roy Wright [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Howdy, I'm curious if there is a way to conditionally package mask. Let me give todays example. Running ~x86. gimp-2.3.9 is installed. gimp-perl-2.2_pre1 has this RDEPEND =media-gfx/gimp-2.2* So naturally wants to downgrade gimp to 2.2.11-r1. What would be nice is to be able to mask: =gimp-2.3 if =gimp-perl-2.2_pre1 That would then downgrade gimp to 2.2 and leave it there until the next version of gimp-perl is available. Just a thought here but would it be worthwhile to just modify the ebuild? instead of RDEPEND =media-gfx/gimp-2.2* have this RDEPEND =media-gfx/gimp-2.2* This would allow you to not have to downgrade gimp. Its a possibilty without more research I wouldnt be able to tell you if its the best solution or not though AJ -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
