Gentoo User wrote:
Hi,
the question is: is it really necessary? If I want to add a new entry
into this file I just call echo "category/package myflags" >>
/etc/portage/package.use and if I want to edit them I just call my
favorite editor, use its search capabilities and change the line.
So I don't really see the benefit of a command line tool, since I
still need to write flags, package and everything and the tools I'm
using now (mostly echo, grep and vim) to do this are not very
complicated and most of the typing goes to the use flags and package
name anyway.
Just my opinion.
Best regards
Geralt
On 7/12/08, Mikko Husari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
greetings earthlings,
i did not found (nor did i look for long enough) any tools/scripts to
easily manage package.use file, so i did my own. now i started to think
that, if there really is not any, my creation would be sufficient (although
possibly buggy) for most users who wish to have "easy" control over
package.use.
yes, i know this is not the best place to "announce" but, this is not an
real announcement, this is an query for an superior solution which would
show my creation to be useless/dublicate/stupid. (if mine is useless/stupid
it would be nice, so i would not have to maintain it and i also could use
some real software).
-- husku
well, i cant argue with you on that. although, i also used
vim,grep,sed,echo to change my flags. still i felt i needes an easier
way, thats why i wrote it and thats why i think this is "easier" than
vim+handwork. basicly that script is only an interface to sed,echo,grep
and equery.
did you try to use it? id bet i could get changes applied much more
rapidly with that script than with vim or echo. (can not necessarily
compete with echo if you are sure it is an new addition)
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