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alaurie
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 Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 2:52 am Post subject: How do you manage package.accepted_keywords and .use? |
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Whats the general consensus on how that should be laid out? Currently I have one file per application e.g.
| Code: | /etc/portage/package.accepted_keywords/ffmpeg
/etc/portage/package.accepted_keywords/insync
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and so on, I do the same with .use as well. One file per application. Should I just create the one file for accepted and use and add multiple lines for each app? Or is what I am doing fine. |
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rab0171610
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:16 am Post subject: |
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I have one file for each type (package.use, package.mask, etc) For example, /etc/portage/package.accept_keywords/package.accept_keywords .
I also have a symlink to each file in /etc so I can quickly edit from command line (ex. /etc/make.conf >> /etc/portage/make.conf, /etc/package.use >> /etc/portage/package.use/package.use )
I think most prefer individual files named after package atom. You can do what works for you. |
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logrusx
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:45 am Post subject: |
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How do you manage package.accepted_keywords and .use? |
According to one's preference and organization style.
Best Regards,
Georgi |
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alaurie
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 4:56 am Post subject: |
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| okay thanks all. What I am doing was working for me, just wanted to make sure it wasn't something that was going to bite me later on down the line. |
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grknight
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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Just be aware that these files are read alphabetically and can overwrite each other as they are read in.
This is particularly noticeable with the package.use files when a certain package is listed in multiple files turning on and off a certain flag. |
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Hu
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 3:09 pm Post subject: |
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| One other caveat, which should not be an issue for OP: some tools, such as crossdev, require that you use the directory model, so that the tool can claim a specific filename in that directory for its exclusive use. Using a file for /etc/portage/package.type causes such tools to refuse to proceed. |
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Irets
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| Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2023 8:25 pm Post subject: |
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On my system I have package.use as a folder and within it I have multiple text files defining different flags for packages.
| Code: | irets@navi /etc/portage $ ls package.use/
battlenet clang dxvk firefox glibc imagemagick libsdl2 llvm mumble ntfs3g openssh shntool tumbler wines zz-autounmask
cataclysm-dda curl ffmpeg gdk-pixbuf grub intel-microcode libusb mono nano nvidia-drivers pulseaudio simplescreenrecorder vim wxgtk
clamav dolphinemu ffmpegthumbnailer git gvfs libreoffice linux-firmware mpv netpbm openal qtgui thunar webkit-gtk zathura |
I also have my own "USE group" for Battlenet launcher via wine.
| Code: | irets@navi /etc/portage $ cat package.use/battlenet
dev-libs/libgpg-error abi_x86_32
sys-libs/readline abi_x86_32
app-crypt/p11-kit abi_x86_32
dev-libs/libusb abi_x86_32
dev-db/sqlite abi_x86_32 |
I have a similiar group for dependencies of Wine.
| Code: | irets@navi /etc/portage $ cat package.use/wines
app-emulation/wine-gecko -shared
app-emulation/wine-mono -shared |
package.accept_keywords is a text file.
I would have also taken the same path with package.accept_keywords as with package.use but as a Gentoo newbie, I didn't know any better.
Still, both ways are just as viable and you should choose the way which works the best for you. |
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logrusx
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| Posted: Thu Aug 03, 2023 4:30 pm Post subject: |
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I just found out package.use and package.accept_keywords could contain directories!
Best Regards,
Georgi |
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