Bug 103792

Summary:	app-portage/gentoolkit-dev should contain a script to quickly unmask a specfic ebuild
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	postmodern <brodigan>
Component:	Tools	Assignee:	Portage Tools Team <tools-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED INVALID
Severity:	enhancement	CC:	emilbeinroth
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	my simple unmasking script new version of my unmask script

Description postmodern 2005-08-25 21:24:35 UTC

app-portage/gentoolkit-dev should contain a script to quickly unmask ebuilds.
This makes the task of Architecture Testing extremely easy when you have a
script that copies all pertinent files to your portage overly, unmasks the
ebuild and re-digests the ebuild. I've been using a quick script I wrote for AT
work with good results so far.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
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Comment 1 postmodern 2005-08-25 21:25:41 UTC

Created attachment 66900 [details]
my simple unmasking script

Comment 2 postmodern 2005-08-26 00:15:46 UTC

Created attachment 66906 [details]
new version of my unmask script

Updates to the script include...
* uses the stable keyword of the current system or a user specified keyword.
* unmasking of more than one version at a time, or all versions of a package.
* use of getopt option flags.
* a more gentoo friendly script name.

Comment 3 Alec Warner (RETIRED) archtester

2005-10-13 16:04:34 UTC

1.  Can't hardcode /usr/portage, not all developers/users store packages there.
2.  What if I want to keyword something in an overlay of mine from ~arch to arch
or vice versa.
3.  This script does not cover profile masking or package masking.  Not sure if
that is intended.

Comment 4 postmodern 2005-10-13 16:14:11 UTC

Alright then, revoking.