Re: [gentoo-user] links that behave differently per calling app?

2019-11-11 Thread Jack
On 11/11/19 12:38 PM, Walter Dnes wrote: On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 04:37:17AM +, Caveman Al Toraboran wrote hi - is it possible to have some kind of fancy links that know the name of the process that is trying to access it, and based on its name, it links it to a file? Short answer...

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Dale
Francesco Turco wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019, at 14:00, Dale wrote: >> root@fireball / # cat /etc/make.conf | grep var >> PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage/ >> source /var/lib/layman/make.conf >> DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles/" >> PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages" >>

Re: [gentoo-user] links that behave differently per calling app?

2019-11-11 Thread Walter Dnes
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 04:37:17AM +, Caveman Al Toraboran wrote > hi - is it possible to have some kind of fancy links that > know the name of the process that is trying to access > it, and based on its name, it links it to a file? Short answer... YES! Now convince the developers to use

Re: [gentoo-user] visualise openrc initscript start order and dependency tree

2019-11-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 14:32:36 +, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > Fact is, there are a lot of people out there who hate systemd because > > it's been successful, and it's been successful because it sticks to > > the nix philosophy of "do one thing, and do it well". > > ...but not the other *nix

Re: [gentoo-user] visualise openrc initscript start order and dependency tree

2019-11-11 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 06:54:31 -0500, Rich Freeman wrote: > > > It was obviously a semi-trollish comment. > > > > > Now that's harsh! Although yes I'm sure he was tweaking tails - hence > > the "tongue in cheek" smiley. > > I didn't intend to suggest that I thought it was mean-spirited. Just

Re: [gentoo-user] visualise openrc initscript start order and dependency tree

2019-11-11 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 11 November 2019 10:38:50 GMT Wols Lists wrote: > Fact is, there are a lot of people out there who hate systemd because > it's been successful, and it's been successful because it sticks to the > nix philosophy of "do one thing, and do it well". ...but not the other *nix tradition of

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Francesco Turco
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019, at 14:00, Dale wrote: > root@fireball / # cat /etc/make.conf | grep var > PORT_LOGDIR=/var/log/portage/ > source /var/lib/layman/make.conf > DISTDIR="/var/cache/portage/distfiles/" > PKGDIR="/var/cache/portage/packages" > PORTDIR="/var/cache/portage/tree" I'm sure you

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Dale
Mick wrote: > On Monday, 11 November 2019 13:00:20 GMT Dale wrote: >> Mickaël Bucas wrote: >>> Le lun. 11 nov. 2019 à 09:35, Mick a écrit : On Monday, 11 November 2019 08:25:06 GMT n952162 wrote: > I re-installed gentoo from the minimal boot cd (amd64), re-emerged > everything from

Re: [gentoo-user] visualise openrc initscript start order and dependency tree

2019-11-11 Thread Wols Lists
On 11/11/19 11:54, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 5:38 AM Wols Lists wrote: >> >> On 09/11/19 19:51, Rich Freeman wrote: >>> >>> Only if somebody has created a generator for openrc, which I doubt. >>> It was obviously a semi-trollish comment. >>> >> Now that's harsh! Although yes

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Mick
On Monday, 11 November 2019 12:02:43 GMT Rich Freeman wrote: > I also keep a /usr/portage symlink because I must be getting old. :) > Some tools also have that path hard-coded. I wasn't aware of this - mine is just an empty directory with no symlink. I haven't noticed any adverse effects so

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Mick
On Monday, 11 November 2019 13:00:20 GMT Dale wrote: > Mickaël Bucas wrote: > > Le lun. 11 nov. 2019 à 09:35, Mick a écrit : > >> On Monday, 11 November 2019 08:25:06 GMT n952162 wrote: > >>> I re-installed gentoo from the minimal boot cd (amd64), re-emerged > >>> everything from my old, saved

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Dale
Mickaël Bucas wrote: > Le lun. 11 nov. 2019 à 09:35, Mick a écrit : >> On Monday, 11 November 2019 08:25:06 GMT n952162 wrote: >>> I re-installed gentoo from the minimal boot cd (amd64), re-emerged >>> everything from my old, saved world file, overnight, and its up and >>> running, more or less.

Re: [gentoo-user] visualise openrc initscript start order and dependency tree

2019-11-11 Thread Mick
On Monday, 11 November 2019 11:54:31 GMT Rich Freeman wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 5:38 AM Wols Lists wrote: > > > Fact is, there are a lot of people out there who hate systemd because > > it's been successful, and it's been successful because it sticks to the > > nix philosophy of "do one

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 5:28 AM Mickaël Bucas wrote: > > My two systems are currently using the old locations. > Is there a documentation about the way to migrate to the new locations > without breaking things ? > The profile links comes to mind but other things are probably necessary ! > > Has

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Arve Barsnes
On Mon, 11 Nov 2019 at 11:29, Mickaël Bucas wrote: > My two systems are currently using the old locations. > Is there a documentation about the way to migrate to the new locations > without breaking things ? > The profile links comes to mind but other things are probably necessary ! > > Has

Re: [gentoo-user] visualise openrc initscript start order and dependency tree

2019-11-11 Thread Rich Freeman
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 5:38 AM Wols Lists wrote: > > On 09/11/19 19:51, Rich Freeman wrote: > > > > Only if somebody has created a generator for openrc, which I doubt. > > It was obviously a semi-trollish comment. > > > Now that's harsh! Although yes I'm sure he was tweaking tails - hence > the

Re: [gentoo-user] visualise openrc initscript start order and dependency tree

2019-11-11 Thread Wols Lists
On 09/11/19 19:51, Rich Freeman wrote: > On Sat, Nov 9, 2019 at 7:01 AM J. Roeleveld wrote: >> >> On 9 November 2019 11:42:38 CET, Neil Bothwick wrote: >>> On Fri, 08 Nov 2019 21:03:13 +0100, J. Roeleveld wrote: >>> I had a similar issue and ended up checking every init-script, conf.d

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Mickaël Bucas
Le lun. 11 nov. 2019 à 09:35, Mick a écrit : > > On Monday, 11 November 2019 08:25:06 GMT n952162 wrote: > > I re-installed gentoo from the minimal boot cd (amd64), re-emerged > > everything from my old, saved world file, overnight, and its up and > > running, more or less. Then, I wanted to see

Re: [gentoo-user] links that behave differently per calling app?

2019-11-11 Thread Peter Humphrey
On Monday, 11 November 2019 04:37:17 GMT Caveman Al Toraboran wrote: > hi - is it possible to have some kind of fancy links that > know the name of the process that is trying to access > it, and based on its name, it links it to a file? Yes, it's done all the time. Have a look at, e.g.,

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Mick
On Monday, 11 November 2019 08:38:38 GMT you wrote: > wishoo! ;-) > > Thank you. You're welcome. :-) This page explains the new portage fs locations in more detail: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Portage/Files -- Regards, Mick signature.asc Description: This is a

Re: [gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread Mick
On Monday, 11 November 2019 08:25:06 GMT n952162 wrote: > I re-installed gentoo from the minimal boot cd (amd64), re-emerged > everything from my old, saved world file, overnight, and its up and > running, more or less. Then, I wanted to see what was available and > discovered, there's no

[gentoo-user] where is /usr/portage?

2019-11-11 Thread n952162
I re-installed gentoo from the minimal boot cd (amd64), re-emerged everything from my old, saved world file, overnight, and its up and running, more or less.  Then, I wanted to see what was available and discovered, there's no /usr/portage directory! What did I do wrong?