Bug 126404

Summary:	Provide tool for maintaining package.keywords
Product:	Portage Development	Reporter:	Mathias Hasselmann <mathias.hasselmann>
Component:	Conceptual/Abstract Ideas	Assignee:	Portage team <dev-portage>
Status:	RESOLVED DUPLICATE
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	My script

Description Mathias Hasselmann 2006-03-16 03:49:22 UTC

If you prefer to have a mostly stable system but want to cherry pick some unstable packages, maintaning /etc/portage/package.keywords becomes a burden. It is quite easy to accidently wipe the entire file by typing "echo >" instead of "echo >>". Over the time the file suffers bitrotting, as some of your supposed cherries prove to be real cherries any move from unstable to stable. 

The script attach aims to be an example for a script maintaining package.keywords. Files not covered but suffering similiar problems are package.mask and package.unmask.

Comment 1 Mathias Hasselmann 2006-03-16 03:51:55 UTC

Created attachment 82288 [details]
My script

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-03-16 05:06:25 UTC

This should be a part of euse functionality, not a separate script. Marking as a dupe.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 44219 ***

Comment 3 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-03-16 05:08:33 UTC

/me curses bugzilla for constant freezing and jumping on next open bug. :S

Comment 4 SpanKY gentoo-dev

2006-03-16 07:21:46 UTC


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 88613 ***