Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-14 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 19:02:25 -0500, Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 02:16:13 -0500, Dale wrote: > > > >>> Then run > >>> > >>> emerge --options @world -p --color y | sed -f packages.script > >>> > >>> It highlights any of the packages in your file in bright red. See >

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-13 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 02:16:13 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> Then run >>> >>> emerge --options @world -p --color y | sed -f packages.script >>> >>> It highlights any of the packages in your file in bright red. See >>> https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 13 Jul 2023 02:16:13 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Then run > > > > emerge --options @world -p --color y | sed -f packages.script > > > > It highlights any of the packages in your file in bright red. See > > https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797 for a > > list of colour

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-13 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sun, 9 Jul 2023 13:10:17 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> Just about every program on this computer does more than I need. What >>> counts is that they do all that I need :) >>> >>> Have you looked at using sed to add extra colour codes to the output >>> of emerge? >> I don't

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-13 Thread Dale
Wol wrote: > On 08/07/2023 21:20, Dale wrote: >> Just as a example, my overnight upgrade included nvidia drivers.  I >> didn't see it so when I logged out, no X.  I usually see it but missed >> it this time.  Having a way to easily set the colors would be easier but >> having to repeat things,

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-12 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 9 Jul 2023 13:10:17 -0500, Dale wrote: > > Just about every program on this computer does more than I need. What > > counts is that they do all that I need :) > > > > Have you looked at using sed to add extra colour codes to the output > > of emerge? > I don't know anything about sed. 

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-11 Thread David Rosenbaum
Thank u David On Sat, Jul 8, 2023, 4:33 AM Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I was wondering. Is there a way to highlight certain packages that are > about to be upgraded? Example, I like to know when some larger packages > like Firefox, LOo, that excessively long qt package and a couple others > are

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-09 Thread Wol
On 08/07/2023 21:20, Dale wrote: Just as a example, my overnight upgrade included nvidia drivers.  I didn't see it so when I logged out, no X.  I usually see it but missed it this time.  Having a way to easily set the colors would be easier but having to repeat things, create files to scan, use

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-09 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 17:29:58 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I use checkrestart still.  I tried needrestart but it does more than I >> need. > Just about every program on this computer does more than I need. What > counts is that they do all that I need :) > > Have you looked at

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-09 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 17:29:58 -0500, Dale wrote: > I use checkrestart still.  I tried needrestart but it does more than I > need. Just about every program on this computer does more than I need. What counts is that they do all that I need :) Have you looked at using sed to add extra colour codes

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 15:44:47 -0500, Dale wrote: > >>> I have reused the configuration file >>> "/etc/portage/package.env/no_tmpfs.conf"[1], which already contains a >>> list of packages, which need hours to compile. >>> >>> -Ramon >>> >>> [1] >>>

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 15:44:47 -0500, Dale wrote: > > I have reused the configuration file > > "/etc/portage/package.env/no_tmpfs.conf"[1], which already contains a > > list of packages, which need hours to compile. > > > > -Ramon > > > > [1] > >

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Dale
Ramon Fischer wrote: > Hello Dale, > > I solved it like this: > > https://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org/msg186292.html > > I have reused the configuration file > "/etc/portage/package.env/no_tmpfs.conf"[1], which already contains a > list of packages, which need hours to

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Dale
Jack wrote: > What about piping the output of emerge through 'tee' into a file.  You > can then grep that file for the package names you are interested in, > and they will clearly be highlighted.  True, you will need to look at > the portage output directly to decide whether or not to proceed, and

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Jack
What about piping the output of emerge through 'tee' into a file.  You can then grep that file for the package names you are interested in, and they will clearly be highlighted.  True, you will need to look at the portage output directly to decide whether or not to proceed, and then separately

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Ramon Fischer
Hello Dale, I solved it like this: https://www.mail-archive.com/gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org/msg186292.html I have reused the configuration file "/etc/portage/package.env/no_tmpfs.conf"[1], which already contains a list of packages, which need hours to compile. -Ramon [1]

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 14:14:46 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> Thing is, some of the packages are dependencies of other packages.  >> Excluding them will likely trigger other problems, such as packages not >> being able to upgrade due to others being excluded.  Plus, I'd have to >> run

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 14:14:46 -0500, Dale wrote: > Thing is, some of the packages are dependencies of other packages.  > Excluding them will likely trigger other problems, such as packages not > being able to upgrade due to others being excluded.  Plus, I'd have to > run it twice and do two

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Dale
Jack wrote: > On 2023.07.08 13:02, Dale wrote: >> Neil Bothwick wrote: >> > On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 03:33:30 -0500, Dale wrote: >> > >> >> I was wondering.  Is there a way to highlight certain packages >> that are >> >> about to be upgraded?  Example, I like to know when some larger >> packages >> >>

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Jack
On 2023.07.08 13:02, Dale wrote: Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 03:33:30 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I was wondering.  Is there a way to highlight certain packages that are >> about to be upgraded?  Example, I like to know when some larger packages >> like Firefox, LOo, that

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Dale
Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 03:33:30 -0500, Dale wrote: > >> I was wondering.  Is there a way to highlight certain packages that are >> about to be upgraded?  Example, I like to know when some larger packages >> like Firefox, LOo, that excessively long qt package and a couple others

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sat, 8 Jul 2023 03:33:30 -0500, Dale wrote: > I was wondering.  Is there a way to highlight certain packages that are > about to be upgraded?  Example, I like to know when some larger packages > like Firefox, LOo, that excessively long qt package and a couple others > are going to be upgraded. 

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Dr Rainer Woitok
Dale, On Saturday, 2023-07-08 03:33:30 -0500, you wrote: > ... > I was wondering.  Is there a way to highlight certain packages that are > about to be upgraded?  Example, I like to know when some larger packages > like Firefox, LOo, that excessively long qt package and a couple others > are

Re: [gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread John Blinka
On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 4:33 AM Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I was wondering. Is there a way to highlight certain packages that are > about to be upgraded? Example, I like to know when some larger packages > like Firefox, LOo, that excessively long qt package and a couple others > are going to be

[gentoo-user] Highlight certain packages being upgraded

2023-07-08 Thread Dale
Howdy, I was wondering.  Is there a way to highlight certain packages that are about to be upgraded?  Example, I like to know when some larger packages like Firefox, LOo, that excessively long qt package and a couple others are going to be upgraded.  Some that are listed in the world file show up