Re: [gentoo-dev] evar_push/pop helpers

2013-06-02 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-06-01, o godz. 23:03:20 Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org napisał(a): simple set of helpers to save/restore a variable in a limited section of code you can see an example of it in action at the end of the file where i need to tweak epatch (and no, doing `LC_COLLATE=C set -- `

Re: [gentoo-dev] evar_push/pop helpers

2013-06-02 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Sunday 02 June 2013 02:51:34 Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2013-06-01, o godz. 23:03:20 Mike Frysinger napisał(a): simple set of helpers to save/restore a variable in a limited section of code you can see an example of it in action at the end of the file where i need to tweak epatch (and

Re: [gentoo-dev] evar_push/pop helpers

2013-06-02 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-06-02, o godz. 03:09:31 Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org napisał(a): On Sunday 02 June 2013 02:51:34 Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2013-06-01, o godz. 23:03:20 Mike Frysinger napisał(a): simple set of helpers to save/restore a variable in a limited section of code you can see

Re: [gentoo-dev] evar_push/pop helpers

2013-06-02 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Sunday 02 June 2013 03:16:53 Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2013-06-02, o godz. 03:09:31 Mike Frysinger napisał(a): On Sunday 02 June 2013 02:51:34 Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2013-06-01, o godz. 23:03:20 Mike Frysinger napisał(a): simple set of helpers to save/restore a variable in a limited

Re: [gentoo-dev] evar_push/pop helpers

2013-06-02 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 03:09:31 -0400 Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org wrote: there's no way to undo the local thus it affects the rest of the func. this makes sure the change is actually localized to where it is needed. -mike In other languages you can freely introduce local scopes { ... },

Re: [gentoo-dev] evar_push/pop helpers

2013-06-02 Thread Tom Wijsman
On Sun, 2 Jun 2013 03:29:33 -0400 Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org wrote: except you aren't handling edge cases (like set vs unset) You've got me there, though this is quite an exception; I don't see why we have to introduce something that's barely used... `qgrep -eH '^\s*\bset\b' | wc -l`

Re: [gentoo-dev] evar_push/pop helpers

2013-06-02 Thread Michał Górny
Dnia 2013-06-02, o godz. 03:29:33 Mike Frysinger vap...@gentoo.org napisał(a): On Sunday 02 June 2013 03:16:53 Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2013-06-02, o godz. 03:09:31 Mike Frysinger napisał(a): On Sunday 02 June 2013 02:51:34 Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2013-06-01, o godz. 23:03:20 Mike

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: eselect init

2013-06-02 Thread Luca Barbato
On 06/01/2013 11:23 AM, Steven J. Long wrote: That's not an argument for using a symlink switcher or the equivalent across the board, by any means. Your opinion. Firstly, we should be recommending people install Gentoo with enough flexibility to configure and use their system how they

[gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs

2013-06-02 Thread Pacho Ramos
Due c1pher lack of time the following packages are now up for grabs: app-benchmarks/ramspeed app-text/mht-rip net-analyzer/ostinato net-wireless/mdk

Re: [gentoo-dev] Draft news item: MySQL/MariaDB packages dropping support for PrimeBase (PBXT) engine

2013-06-02 Thread viv...@gmail.com
On 06/01/13 02:37, Robin H. Johnson wrote: Hi all, See attached the draft news item for MySQL/MariaDB dropping PBXT support. from the draft: All users who have data stored in PBXT-backed tables should convert the tables to another format before upgrading to MySQL/MariaDB 5.5, as the tables

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs

2013-06-02 Thread Anthony G. Basile
On 06/02/2013 07:02 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote: Due c1pher lack of time the following packages are now up for grabs: app-benchmarks/ramspeed I'm the last person to have done some maintenance on ramspeed. I can take care of it. -- Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened]

Re: [gentoo-dev] Packages up for grabs

2013-06-02 Thread Rick Zero_Chaos Farina
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06/02/2013 07:02 AM, Pacho Ramos wrote: Due c1pher lack of time the following packages are now up for grabs: net-analyzer/ostinato net-wireless/mdk I'll take these. - -Zero -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux)

Re: [gentoo-dev] evar_push/pop helpers

2013-06-02 Thread Mike Frysinger
On Sunday 02 June 2013 04:39:32 Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2013-06-02, o godz. 03:29:33 Mike Frysinger napisał(a): On Sunday 02 June 2013 03:16:53 Michał Górny wrote: Dnia 2013-06-02, o godz. 03:09:31 Mike Frysinger napisał(a): On Sunday 02 June 2013 02:51:34 Michał Górny wrote: Dnia

Re: [gentoo-dev] evar_push/pop helpers

2013-06-02 Thread Andreas K. Huettel
Am Sonntag, 2. Juni 2013, 17:40:45 schrieb Mike Frysinger: i snipped the rest of your e-mail because it wasn't worth responding to -mike Please. Save your social skills for other people. -- Andreas K. Huettel Gentoo Linux developer dilfri...@gentoo.org http://www.akhuettel.de/

[gentoo-dev] Re: evar_push/pop helpers

2013-06-02 Thread Steven J. Long
On Sat, Jun 01, 2013 at 11:03:20PM -0400, Mike Frysinger wrote: simple set of helpers to save/restore a variable in a limited section of code you can see an example of it in action at the end of the file where i need to tweak epatch (and no, doing `LC_COLLATE=C set -- ` does not work).

[gentoo-dev] Re: Re: eselect init

2013-06-02 Thread Steven J. Long
On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 11:15:37AM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote: On 06/01/2013 11:23 AM, Steven J. Long wrote: That's not an argument for using a symlink switcher or the equivalent across the board, by any means. Your opinion. That's not an argument for it either. Firstly, we should be

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: eselect init

2013-06-02 Thread Fabio Erculiani
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 8:20 PM, Steven J. Long sl...@rathaus.eclipse.co.uk wrote: [...] The whole symlink/boot/fallback thing is simply a waste of technical effort. And blanket your opinion and you didn't comment a week ago, so I don't have to deal with the substance of your points don't

Re: [gentoo-dev] Draft news item: MySQL/MariaDB packages dropping support for PrimeBase (PBXT) engine

2013-06-02 Thread Robin H. Johnson
On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 02:32:53PM +0200, viv...@gmail.com wrote: On 06/01/13 02:37, Robin H. Johnson wrote: Hi all, See attached the draft news item for MySQL/MariaDB dropping PBXT support. from the draft: All users who have data stored in PBXT-backed tables should convert the tables

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: eselect init

2013-06-02 Thread Luca Barbato
On 06/02/2013 08:20 PM, Steven J. Long wrote: On Sun, Jun 02, 2013 at 11:15:37AM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote: On 06/01/2013 11:23 AM, Steven J. Long wrote: That's not an argument for using a symlink switcher or the equivalent across the board, by any means. Your opinion. That's not an

[gentoo-dev] Automated Package Removal and Addition Tracker, for the week ending 2013-06-02 23h59 UTC

2013-06-02 Thread Robin H. Johnson
The attached list notes all of the packages that were added or removed from the tree, for the week ending 2013-06-02 23h59 UTC. Removals: media-sound/timidity-shompatches2013-05-27 05:32:45 ulm sys-apps/kuroevtd 2013-05-27 05:36:06 ulm

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: eselect init

2013-06-02 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 12:35:29AM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote - eselect init will be opt-in ***FOR THE TIME BEING***, people can be left on their own tools if the want it This statement should bring the same reaction as the posting that udev source was being rolled into the systemd tarball.

[gentoo-dev] Draft news item: preserve-libs default for portage-2.1.12

2013-06-02 Thread Zac Medico
Please review the attached news item which announces the preserve-libs default for portage-2.1.12. Note that our council has discussed this change in their 2013-05-14 meeting [1], and they were in favor of allowing it. [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.project/2448/focus=2452 --

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Re: eselect init

2013-06-02 Thread Rich Freeman
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 8:37 PM, Walter Dnes waltd...@waltdnes.org wrote: On Mon, Jun 03, 2013 at 12:35:29AM +0200, Luca Barbato wrote - eselect init will be opt-in ***FOR THE TIME BEING***, people can be left on their own tools if the want it This statement should bring the same reaction

[gentoo-portage-dev] Re: Is portage (/usr)/bin-merge safe?

2013-06-02 Thread Duncan
viv...@gmail.com posted on Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:14:41 +0200 as excerpted: While portage can be safe, for various reason (including the resultant pkg) I do prefer to do the move in post_src_install() #1 All my tests have been done against a manually converted filesystem That's what mine would

Re: [gentoo-portage-dev] Re: Is portage (/usr)/bin-merge safe?

2013-06-02 Thread viv...@gmail.com
On 06/02/13 13:54, Duncan wrote: viv...@gmail.com posted on Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:14:41 +0200 as excerpted: While portage can be safe, for various reason (including the resultant pkg) I do prefer to do the move in post_src_install() #1 All my tests have been done against a manually converted