| Summary: | kmtail-2.0 New package to monitor various log files | ||
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| Product: | Gentoo Linux | Reporter: | robin |
| Component: | New packages | Assignee: | Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted> |
| Status: | CONFIRMED --- | ||
| Severity: | enhancement | CC: | jstein, robin |
| Priority: | Normal | ||
| Version: | unspecified | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| See Also: | https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=662846 | ||
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| Package list: | Runtime testing required: | --- | |
| Attachments: | kmtail-2.0.ebuild | ||
Thank you for your contribution. I had a short look on the ebuild. Here a few ideas: * Please test the ebuild with repoman full -x https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Repoman * We always try to use the latest EAPI, please bump to EAPI=7 * KEYWORDS need ~ after a version bump run ekeyword ~all YOUREBUILD * please fix the header. (see /usr/portage/skel.ebuild and https://devmanual.gentoo.org/ebuild-writing/eapi/) * We usually sort the KEYWORDS as ekeywords does. This makes comparison between packages easier. Simply run ekeywords on the ebuild to let it sort. * Please be more specific in the DESCRIPTION. The objective description may be <=80 characters long. kmtail is not in any other distribution yet. https://repology.org/metapackages/?search=kmtail For the metadata: Upstream author is Robin Atwood <robin@binro.org> I do not expect many users at the current time and suggest betagarden or another overlay for now. Some more ebuild issues: - Should inherit ecm.eclass instead of kde5.eclass which is deprecated - RDEPEND is missing - HOMEPAGE is missing - # $Header: is long gone |
Created attachment 542480 [details] kmtail-2.0.ebuild KmTail is a KDE version of the venerable Ktail program. It has pretty much the same features and allows you to monitor various log files. Note that most files in /var/log are only root-readable so you will have to start KmTail with kdesu or, much better, configure syslog-ng to use more convenient permissions. Log files are added via the File menu as usual or may be dragged from a file manager. Tabs may be reordered by dragging them around. Since KmTail 0.9 date/time extraction is possible to convert non-standard log files into the syslog format, increasing legibility. Presets are provided for many common log file formats and you may also specify your own. What's This popups provide some guidance on regexps and templates. (See also [1] and [2].) It is also possible to specify the number of columns (fields) the message is parsed into, which will also increase legibility for certain logs.