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 > >>> https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797 for a > >>> list of colour options. > >> Like Wol's idea, that's a extra step. I was wanting it to just do it > >> when running emerge -auDN world with no additional steps except > >> creating the file for the package list. > > That is the only extra step, unless you mean that you have to run > > with -p to see the highlighted output. That takes a lot less time > > than you have invested in this so far. > > > > Actually, I've checked and you can run this with --ask instead or -p, > > so no extra steps involved. The only limitation is that you don't see > > the Y/n prompt at the end of the ask output. Create an alias to the > > command, or wrap it in a script that also runs the sed command first > > and the number of extra steps becomes exactly zero. > > > > > > And I have no clue how to do any of that. Like I said, emerge just > isn't ready for anything like this. I was hoping there may be some > option, config file or something that I can use to do this and it just > work. I think if there was such a thing, someone would have mentioned > it long ago. Maybe one day something like this will be added. Then > again, maybe not.
Just create the list of packages, copy and paste the commands and run the emerge command I gave. You could add alias myworld="emerge --options @world | sed -f /etc/portage/packages.script" to your /etc/profile, then it's a one word command to get what you want. -- Neil Bothwick There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
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