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Bug 126404 - Provide tool for maintaining package.keywords
Summary: Provide tool for maintaining package.keywords
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 88613
Alias: None
Product: Portage Development
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Conceptual/Abstract Ideas (show other bugs)
Hardware: All Linux
: High enhancement (vote)
Assignee: Portage team
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Keywords:
Depends on:
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Reported: 2006-03-16 03:49 UTC by Mathias Hasselmann
Modified: 2006-03-16 07:21 UTC (History)
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Attachments
My script (keywords,3.32 KB, text/plain)
2006-03-16 03:51 UTC, Mathias Hasselmann
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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 ***