[gentoo-dev] rfc: virtual/modutils and module-init-tools

2012-02-24 Thread William Hubbs
All, in preparation to unmask udev-181, it was brought to my attention that a number of packages in the tree have direct dependencies on module-init-tools. Udev-181 requires kmod, which is a replacement for module-init-tools. I have added virtual/modutils to the tree which as of now prefers modul

Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread Zac Medico
On 02/24/2012 08:10 PM, William Kenworthy wrote: > Also there are some things that dont work, one of which was a few > packages would always fail to emerge when using btrfs for temp storage > (I think one was libreoffice) I've been using btrfs for temp storage, for more than a year, and haven't no

Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread William Kenworthy
On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 22:44 -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Richard Yao wrote: > >> Am I the only paranoid person who moves them rather than unlinking > >> them? Oh, if only btrfs were stable... > > > > Is this a reference to snapshots? You can use ZFS for those. The

Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 10:44 PM, Mike Gilbert wrote: > > I've been using btrfs exclusively for about 6 months, and I don't > *think* I've lost anything... :) > >From what I've seen as long as you keep things simple, and don't have heavy loads, you're at least reasonably likely to get by unscathe

Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 7:31 PM, Richard Yao wrote: >> Am I the only paranoid person who moves them rather than unlinking >> them?  Oh, if only btrfs were stable... > > Is this a reference to snapshots? You can use ZFS for those. The > kernel modules are only available in the form of ebuilds

[gentoo-dev] Re: About gcc-4.6 unmasking

2012-02-24 Thread Ryan Hill
On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 19:03:13 -0600 Ryan Hill wrote: > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 21:34:14 +0100 > Pacho Ramos wrote: > > > I don't know if this has been discussed before but, what issues are > > preventing us from unmasking gcc-4.6 (and think on a near > > stabilization)? > > > > I have read hardmask

Re: [gentoo-dev] btrfs status and/was: preserve_old_lib

2012-02-24 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 8:06 PM, Richard Yao wrote: > Have you tried ZFS? Yes - but not terribly interested in doing that on linux. I do appreciate that it can be done, but still lacks raid-z reshaping, which means it isn't quite flexible enough. > On 02/24/12 18:26, Duncan wrote: >> FWIW, in t

Re: [gentoo-dev] btrfs status and/was: preserve_old_lib

2012-02-24 Thread Richard Yao
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Have you tried ZFS? The kernel modules are in the portage tree and I am maintaining a FAQ regarding the status of Gentoo ZFS support at github: https://github.com/gentoofan/zfs-overlay/wiki/FAQ Data stored on ZFS is generally safe unless you go out o

Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread Richard Yao
> Am I the only paranoid person who moves them rather than unlinking > them?  Oh, if only btrfs were stable... Is this a reference to snapshots? You can use ZFS for those. The kernel modules are only available in the form of ebuilds right now, but they your data should be safe unless you go o

[gentoo-dev] btrfs status and/was: preserve_old_lib

2012-02-24 Thread Duncan
Rich Freeman posted on Fri, 24 Feb 2012 13:47:45 -0500 as excerpted: > On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Alexis Ballier > wrote: >> moreover the && wont delete the lib if revdep-rebuild failed i think, >> so it should be even safer to copy/paste :) FWIW this is the preserved_libs feature/bug I ra

Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread James Broadhead
On 24 February 2012 17:56, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." wrote: > Currently preserve_old_lib functions generate two commands per preserved > lib: > > # revdep-rebuild --library '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' > # rm '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' > > I'd like to modify eutils.eclass to only generate one command: > > #

Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread Pacho Ramos
El vie, 24-02-2012 a las 18:56 +0100, "Paweł Hajdan, Jr." escribió: > Currently preserve_old_lib functions generate two commands per preserved > lib: > > # revdep-rebuild --library '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' > # rm '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' > > I'd like to modify eutils.eclass to only generate one

Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread Rich Freeman
On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Alexis Ballier wrote: > moreover the && wont delete the lib if revdep-rebuild failed i think, > so it should be even safer to copy/paste :) Am I the only paranoid person who moves them rather than unlinking them? Oh, if only btrfs were stable... Rich

Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread Kent Fredric
> # revdep-rebuild --library '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' && \ >        rm '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' Might even be worth patching revdep-rebuild: revdep-rebuild --library /usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4 --autoclean -- Kent

Re: [gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread Alexis Ballier
On Fri, 24 Feb 2012 18:56:44 +0100 ""Paweł Hajdan, Jr."" wrote: > Currently preserve_old_lib functions generate two commands per > preserved lib: > > # revdep-rebuild --library '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' > # rm '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' > > I'd like to modify eutils.eclass to only generate one c

[gentoo-dev] preserve_old_lib and I'm even more lazy

2012-02-24 Thread Paweł Hajdan, Jr.
Currently preserve_old_lib functions generate two commands per preserved lib: # revdep-rebuild --library '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' # rm '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' I'd like to modify eutils.eclass to only generate one command: # revdep-rebuild --library '/usr/lib/libv8.so.3.9.4' && \ rm '/

Re: [gentoo-dev] eutils.eclass: make_desktop_entry doesn't follow freedesktop spec

2012-02-24 Thread Ulrich Mueller
> On Thu, 23 Feb 2012, Pacho Ramos wrote: >> The cited specification [1] says: >> | The table below describes Additional Categories. The Related >> | Categories column lists one or more categories that are suggested >> | to be used in conjunction with the Additional Category. >> >> As I read

Re: [gentoo-dev] Understanding the LINGUAS variable and use-expand

2012-02-24 Thread Mike Gilbert
On Wed, Feb 8, 2012 at 12:04 PM, Mart Raudsepp wrote: > On K, 2012-02-08 at 11:32 -0500, Mike Gilbert wrote: >> I am considering simplifying www-client/chromium from the current mess >> based on the linguas USE flags to basically just this: >> >> if [[ ${LINGUAS} ]]; then >>   for x in *.pak; do >

Re: [gentoo-dev] RFC patch for obs-service.eclass

2012-02-24 Thread Michal Hrusecky
Michal Hrusecky - 11:18 21.02.12 wrote: > Hi, > > any objections against following patch? I guess I'm the only one using > this eclass anyway. So what the patch does. In gentoo we have build > renamed to avoid clashes and moved to the different directory. More and > more services are using parts o

[gentoo-dev] Re: color management in gentoo (kde expecially) proposal for help

2012-02-24 Thread Francesco R.(vivo)
re-adding the list, gmail still fool me some times. 2012/2/23 Kai-Uwe Behrmann : > Hello, > > glad to read from you. > > Am 23.02.12, 15:47 +0100 schrieb Francesco Riosa: > >> Hi, >> my name is Francesco Riosa, I would be interested in a more >> complete support of the oyranos color managment prog

Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Packages/build systems not honoring LINGUAS and a sane solution

2012-02-24 Thread Piotr Szymaniak
On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 03:16:29PM -0800, Alec Warner wrote: > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Jeroen Roovers wrote: > > On Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:00:31 -0600 > > Ryan Hill wrote: > > > >> Yes, please.  Once these get fixed then we can drop localepurge. > > > > That's a lot of bugs to fix, and the