Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-06-05 Thread Michael Klier
Jason Chu wrote: > I'm happy with these changes. Now the only real question that needs > to be answered should this be srcpac 0.6 or srcpac 1.0? I'd vote for 0.6 (there might be still room for improvement: ie. localization?). Michael -- Michael Klier signature.asc Description: Digital signat

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-06-04 Thread Hussam Al-Tayeb
On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 20:38 -0700, Jason Chu wrote: > On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jason Chu wrote: > >> On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > Jason Chu wrote: > >> >> Yeah, put those in your public repo too

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-06-04 Thread Jason Chu
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 1:31 PM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason Chu wrote: >> On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Jason Chu wrote: >> >> Yeah, put those in your public repo too and then I'll release a new >> >> version of srcpac. >> > >> >

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-06-01 Thread Michael Klier
Jason Chu wrote: > On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jason Chu wrote: > >> Yeah, put those in your public repo too and then I'll release a new > >> version of srcpac. > > > > Ok, almost finished, though one problem remains. Using nobody actually > > does

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-06-01 Thread Jason Chu
On Sun, Jun 1, 2008 at 10:14 AM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jason Chu wrote: >> Yeah, put those in your public repo too and then I'll release a new >> version of srcpac. > > Ok, almost finished, though one problem remains. Using nobody actually doesn't > work because when you su nob

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-06-01 Thread Michael Klier
Jason Chu wrote: > Yeah, put those in your public repo too and then I'll release a new > version of srcpac. Ok, almost finished, though one problem remains. Using nobody actually doesn't work because when you su nobody -c the system will enforce a password change. That leaves 3 options: a) we u

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-27 Thread Jason Chu
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 6:11 AM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Loui wrote: >> On Sat, 24 May 2008 10:20:37 -0700 >> "Jason Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Would it be an idea to build as the original users who ran srcpac? I >> > guess if you use sudo, that won't quite work...

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-27 Thread Travis Willard
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not clear, at least not to me: > >- undecided whether to keep the package specific configs in /etc/srcpac.d > or in /var/srcpac Of the two, I'd suggest /etc/srcpac.d - it's essentially configuration data. >-

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-27 Thread Michael Klier
Loui wrote: > On Sat, 24 May 2008 10:20:37 -0700 > "Jason Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Would it be an idea to build as the original users who ran srcpac? I > > guess if you use sudo, that won't quite work... you'd need something > > pointing back to that user... > > > > I'm a little con

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-25 Thread Armando M. Baratti
Michael Klier wrote: Jason Chu wrote: Alrighty, mostly a couple questions: Would it be an idea to build as the original users who ran srcpac? I guess if you use sudo, that won't quite work... you'd need something pointing back to that user... I don't know if that's possible, because you don'

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-24 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Loui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 24 May 2008 20:52:23 +0200 > Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Aaron Griffin wrote: >> > >> > The DB scripts actually do it this way: >> > >> > getpkgname() { >> > local tmp >> > >> > tmp=${1##*/}

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-24 Thread Loui
On Sat, 24 May 2008 10:20:37 -0700 "Jason Chu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Would it be an idea to build as the original users who ran srcpac? I > guess if you use sudo, that won't quite work... you'd need something > pointing back to that user... > > I'm a little confused why ${i-*-*-*} doesn't

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-24 Thread Loui
On Sat, 24 May 2008 20:52:23 +0200 Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aaron Griffin wrote: > > > > The DB scripts actually do it this way: > > > > getpkgname() { > > local tmp > > > > tmp=${1##*/} > > tmp=${tmp%$PKGEXT} > > tmp=${tmp%-$CARCH} > >

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-24 Thread Michael Klier
Aaron Griffin wrote: > > Alrighty, mostly a couple questions: > > > > Would it be an idea to build as the original users who ran srcpac? I > > guess if you use sudo, that won't quite work... you'd need something > > pointing back to that user... > > > > I'm a little confused why ${i-*-*-*} doesn't

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-24 Thread Michael Klier
Jason Chu wrote: > Alrighty, mostly a couple questions: > > Would it be an idea to build as the original users who ran srcpac? I > guess if you use sudo, that won't quite work... you'd need something > pointing back to that user... I don't know if that's possible, because you don't know whether

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-24 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Jason Chu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Dan McGee wrote: >>> I agree, this is a smart move. My only real thought is why have >>> anything in /etc/ at all? It would be great if this could al

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-24 Thread Jason Chu
On Sat, May 24, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dan McGee wrote: >> I agree, this is a smart move. My only real thought is why have >> anything in /etc/ at all? It would be great if this could all be done >> non-root for editing any config settings and such. Maybe ~/.src

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-24 Thread Michael Klier
Dan McGee wrote: > I agree, this is a smart move. My only real thought is why have > anything in /etc/ at all? It would be great if this could all be done > non-root for editing any config settings and such. Maybe ~/.srcpac/ or > something? > > It also seems almost overkill to need another user to

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-24 Thread Michael Klier
Jason Chu wrote: > Hot! > > I was hoping someone would do this. I originally wrote srcpac as an > example of how such a thing could be done. Then people actually > started using it! > > I will do my best to look at your patches tonight. I'll even put a > reminder in my phone. I'll get back to

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-23 Thread Aaron Griffin
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Dan McGee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:07 AM, eliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 5/22/08, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Hi Archers, >>> >>> >>> >> >> oh man. I got excited reading this. >> >> I really like the first cha

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-23 Thread Dan McGee
On Fri, May 23, 2008 at 1:07 AM, eliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/22/08, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi Archers, >> >> >> > > oh man. I got excited reading this. > > I really like the first change you made. Using a directory with > package specific sed changes on a per file

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-22 Thread eliott
On 5/22/08, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Archers, > > > oh man. I got excited reading this. I really like the first change you made. Using a directory with package specific sed changes on a per file basis is a kick ass idea.

Re: [arch-general] resurrecting srcpac

2008-05-22 Thread Jason Chu
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 4:13 PM, Michael Klier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Archers, > > in the past weeks there was a little discussion in the forums about the > purpose of ABS vs. AUR and when to use which of both tools. Srcpac was > mentioned as being the right tool to install customized pack